Biology Crossword

2. a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell
5. Specific complement of chromosomes present in a cell
7. Position where the chromatids are held together
8. any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell.
9. Eggs or sperm cells
11. Nucleic acid containing the four bases
13. Any cell or organisms without a membrane-bound nucleus
16. Located outside the plasma membrane
17. Process invovled in the production of new cells genetically identical with the original cell.
20. Inherited instructions carried around by a chromosome
21. Sum total of the genes present in a cell or an organism
22. stage of mitosis during which chromosomes align
23. having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

1. Helps plants and animals survive
3. cell or organism with a membrane bound nucleus
4. In the mitotic cell cycll period of cell growth
6. refers to cells of the body other than germline cells
10. organelle containing RNA
12. a thread-like structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
13. Stage of mitosis in which the chromosomes contract
14. The different forms of a particular gene
15. Stage of mitosis in which new nuclear membranes form
18. each of a pair of minute cylindrical organelles near the nucleus in animal cells
19. the death of cells which occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism's growth