Biology Vocab

4. the second stage of cell division
6. any cell of a living organism other than the reproductive cells.
10. process of reproduction involving a single parent results in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent
11. part of eukaryotic cell division which the cells nucleus divides
12. the third stage of cell division
13. a parent´s child or children
16. type of production in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism
17. containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.
18. a network of filaments that are formed during the cell division process

1. each of the two threadlike strands into which a chromosome divides longitudinally during cell division. Each contains a double helix of DNA.
2. the material of which the chromosomes of organisms other than bacteria (i.e., eukaryotes) are composed. It consists of protein, RNA, and DNA.
3. the last stage in cell division
5. a minute cylindrical organelle near the nucleus in animal cells, occurring in pairs and involved in the development of spindle fibers in cell division.
7. threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
8. the first stage of cell division
9. a cell that is the source of other cells
14. the cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis, bringing about the separation into two daughter cells.
15. having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.