Cell Cycle

3. cells that are the result of a single dividing parent cell
9. the first gap phase (G1), the synthesis (S) phase, and the second gap (G2) phase.
10. occurs during interphase, before mitosis or meiosis, and is responsible for the synthesis or replication of DNA.
13. a structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
15. A cell that is the source of other cells
16. the part of the cell division process during which the cytoplasm of a single eukaryotic cell divides into two daughter cells.
17. the resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of meiosis.
18. prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
20. the final phase of cell division, between anaphase and interphase, in which the chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed.

1. a cycle of stages that cells pass through to allow them to divide and produce new cells.
2. the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears.
4. the time between the end of cell division in mitosis and the beginning of DNA replication
5. mitosis, the process of making new body cells.
6. the second phase of mitosis, the process that separates the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus of a parent cell into two identical daughter cells.
7. a series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides.
8. the stage of meiotic or mitotic cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle.
11. a molecule that contains the instructions that make each species unique.
12. Cell division results in two cells that are identical to the original, parent cell.
14. A type of cell division in eukaryotes that creates identical daughter cells.
19. a period of rapid cell growth and protein synthesis during which the cell prepares itself for mitosis