Across
- 2. a malfunction in the cell cycle can lead to this
- 6. part of mitosis where chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
- 10. part of mitosis where chromatids are pulled to opposite poles of the cell
- 11. animal cells create this "pinching" during cytokinesis
- 14. type of cell division that occurs in somatic cells
- 15. plant cells form this during cytokinesis, and it eventually develops into the cell wall
- 18. makes more cells within an individual
- 19. type of cells that have circular DNA
- 20. part of mitosis where chromosomes condense and nuclear envelope breaks down
- 21. part of mitosis where nuclear envelope reforms around chromatin
Down
- 1. this type of cell division occurs in prokaryotic cells
- 3. connects sister chromatids
- 4. one of the purposes of cell division
- 5. one form a chromosome can be in
- 7. part of interphase where DNA is synthsized/duplicated
- 8. segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein
- 9. longest phase of the cell cycle
- 11. parent cell splits into two identical daughter cells during this step
- 12. order of mitosis
- 13. the g in g1 and g2 stands for ____
- 15. these are made of DNA and proteins
- 16. life span of a cell
- 17. a cell or organism consisting of two sets of chromosomes
