Across
- 1. 2nd stage of mitosis
- 3. unspecialized cell that can develop into a specialized cell
- 6. uncontrolled growth and division of cells that can be caused by changes in control of the cell cycle and environmental factors
- 7. cancer causing substance
- 10. last stage of mitosis
- 12. second stage of the cell cycle
- 15. a structure containing identical copies of DNA that is formed during DNA replication
- 17. process of cellular respiration, occurring in three main stages-interphase (growth), mitosis (nuclear division), and cytokinesis (cytoplasm division).
- 18. relaxed form of DNA
Down
- 2. structure made of spidle fibers, centrioles, and aster fibers that is involved in moving and organizing chromosomes before the cell divides
- 4. a protein that regulates the cycle
- 5. third stage of the cell cycle
- 8. programmed cell death
- 9. DNA-containgin structure that carries gentic info from one generation to another
- 11. first stage of mitosis
- 13. first stage of the cell cycle
- 14. third stage of mitosis
- 16. cell structure that joins chromatids
