Cell Division

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Across
  1. 2. Another word for copying, what happens to DNA during interphase.
  2. 6. Type of cell that is produced by cell division.
  3. 9. A change or mistake in the genetic code.
  4. 11. Chromosomes line up in the center of the cell during mitosis.
  5. 12. Part of interphase where DNA is replicated.
  6. 15. Molecule that contains the code for life.
  7. 16. Process by which the nucleus is copied.
Down
  1. 1. Regular sequence of events by which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells.
  2. 3. Stage of mitosis where replicated chromosomes are split and pulled apart.
  3. 4. Important function of cell division. Multicellular organisms require many cells.
  4. 5. Organized form of DNA that appears during mitosis and is split into two new daughter cells.
  5. 7. At the conclusion of mitosis, the cytoplasm divides and organelles are distributed into two new cells.
  6. 8. Cells spend 95% of their life growing & preparing for division.
  7. 10. Disease caused by rapid division of mutated cells.
  8. 12. Body cells of an organism that reproduce by cell division.
  9. 13. Cell line cultured from Henrietta Lacks and used in many scientific discoveries.
  10. 14. Mass of cells formed when cancer cells divide rapidly.