Across
- 5. The stage of meiosis where DNA replication occurs
- 7. The stage of mitosis where the spindle forms and the nuclear membrane breaks down.
- 9. Cell division that produces an identical cell of the same number of chromosomes.
- 10. Cells with one set of chromosomes
- 12. Responsible for storing genetic information
- 13. Organelle of a eukaryotic cell that contains the genetic material DNA
- 14. Organisms where the nucleus of its cells have nuclear envelopes.
- 15. The name given to a cells or organism without a membrane-bound nucleus.
- 16. Cell division where two divisions occur
- 17. The type of cell that is diploid, some examples being muscle cells, skin cells and blood cells.
- 20. Different forms of a gene
- 21. Cellular organelle in the cytoplasm and involved in cellular division.
- 24. The process where if a cell is damaged, it will receive a signal to self-destruct.
- 27. The stage of mitosis where nuclear membranes begin to form around the separated groups of chromosomes.
- 28. The basic units of life and all living organisms.
Down
- 1. The major site of protein production in cells
- 2. Cells with two sets of chromosomes
- 3. The stage of mitosis where the chromosomes line up at the middle of the cell
- 4. Cell in the gonads that have the potential to develop into a gamete
- 6. Clusters of microtubules that grow out of the centriole.
- 8. Thread-like structure composed of DNA and protein
- 11. Macromolecules built of amino acid subunits
- 18. The name of the position by which the chromatids are held together in a chromosome.
- 19. A segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein
- 22. The visual arrangement of all the chromosomes of an organism.
- 23. The complete set of genetic instructions of an organism, encoded in DNA
- 25. Small structures within the cytoplasm that undertake important processes that go on inside a eukaryotic cell
- 26. Egg or sperm cells