unit 5 vocab

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Across
  1. 2. --agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans
  2. 5. a fertilized egg
  3. 6. --one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
  4. 7. first and longest phase of mitosis in which the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the chromosomes become visible
  5. 10. --period of the cell cycle between cell divisions in which the cell grows
  6. 13. --one of a family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
  7. 15. --phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell
  8. 17. –developing stage of a multicellular organism
  9. 19. --series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells
  10. 20. –cells that are able to develop into any type of cell found in the body (including the cells that make up the extraembryonic membranes and placenta)
  11. 21. --process in which cells become specialized in structure and function
  12. 22. --any change in the DNA sequence
  13. 23. --disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth
  14. 24. phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
  15. 25. --division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells
Down
  1. 1. --type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism
  2. 3. --the treatment of disease, especially cancer, using X-rays or similar forms of radiation.
  3. 4. type of reproduction in which one parent cell produces two identical offspring (daughter cells)
  4. 8. stage of early development in mammals that consists of a hollow ball of cells
  5. 9. –unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types of specialized cells
  6. 11. --phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin
  7. 12. --region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach
  8. 14. drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body
  9. 16. the process of programmed cell death
  10. 18. --the development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer