Across
- 2. Chromosomes two chromosomes, one of paternal origin, the other of maternal origin, that are identical in appearance and pair during meiosis
- 3. a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half
- 9. original amount of genetic information
- 10. masses of cells
- 11. homologous chromosomes exchange segments, producing combinations of
- 13. proteins secreted by body cells that stimulate other cells to divide
- 14. have half the normal number of chromosomes
- 15. process by which cytosol, organelles, and cell membrane are physically divided
- 18. If the tumor is encapsulated by other tissue and does not spread
Down
- 1. of DNA
- 3. If part of the tumor is able to break free and spread through the circulatory system of the body to other places to divide
- 4. non-reproductive cells, divide through the process of mitosis
- 5. a part of the cell cycle in which chromosomes in a cell nucleus are separated into
- 6. Cancer cells disregard these normal controls and grow and divide uncontrollably,
- 7. thread-like structures located inside the nucleus made of protein and a single
- 8. contain a full set of 46 chromosomes
- 12. reproductive cells, undergo mitosis then utilize a second process called meiosis
- 16. identical sets of chromosomes, and each set ends up in its own nucleus
- 17. unique to those of the original stem cell