Cell Division

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Across
  1. 3. holds genetic information
  2. 5. chromosomes line up in the ______ during metaphase
  3. 8. type of cell division where the cell divides twice to make four cells with half of the original genetic information in the first cell
  4. 9. longest phase where cell grows and DNA is replicated
  5. 11. stage where chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell and attach to spindle fibers
  6. 12. two of these come from a parent cell
  7. 14. makes up all living organisms
  8. 15. splits into two daughter cells
  9. 16. contain DNA
  10. 18. the part on a chromosome where spindle fibers attach to
Down
  1. 1. where the parent cell is divided into two daughter cells
  2. 2. DNA is __________ in interphase
  3. 4. stage where the spindle fibers pull chromosomes to the opposite poles of the cell
  4. 5. type of cell division where a parent cell splits into two identical daughter cells
  5. 6. organelle that develops spindle fibers
  6. 7. stage where two nuclei are formed as the two daughter cells start to form
  7. 10. a group of abnormal cells that form a lump
  8. 13. contains chromosomes inside
  9. 15. first stage of cell division where the nuclear envelope disappears
  10. 17. _______ fibers attach to centromeres of chromosomes