Biology Crossword

4. The division of a cell into two daughter cells with the same genetic material.
6. A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
7. A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
9. Cells with the potential to develop into many different types of cells in the body
13. Pathogenic agent's spread from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body
14. The action or process of differentiating.
16. A series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides.
17. Each of the two threadlike strands into which a chromosome divides longitudinally during cell division. Each contains a double helix of DNA.
18. The production and development of the organs of an animal or plant.
19. an embryo at the stage following the blastula, when it is a hollow cup-shaped structure having three layers of cells.

1. A minute cylindrical organelle near the nucleus in animal cells, occurring in pairs and involved in the development of spindle fibers in cell division.
2. A cluster of dividing cells made by a fertilized egg.
3. A compound structure at the end of a chromosome.
5. A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
8. The region of a chromosome to which the microtubules of the spindle attach, via the kinetochore, during cell division.
10. A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells
11. The material of which the chromosomes of organisms other than bacteria (i.e., eukaryotes) are composed. It consists of protein, RNA, and DNA.
12. A minute cylindrical organelle near the nucleus in animal cells, occurring in pairs and involved in the development of spindle fibers in cell division.
15. The production and development of the organs of an animal or plant.