Cell Growth & Division

1. region of a chromosome in which the 2 sister chromatids attach
2. genetic information packaged into DNA
5. phase of mitosis in which chromosomes separate & move to opposite ends of the cell
8. process by which cells become specialized in structure & function
11. one of the two identical parts of a duplicated chromosome
13. structure in an animal cell that helps organize cell division
15. first and longest phase of mitosis
17. reproduction of genetically identical offspring from a single parent
18. mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage the surrounding tissue
19. phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin

1. division of the cytoplasm to form 2 separate daughter cells
3. DNA tightly coiled around a histone
4. one of the family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
6. phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
7. disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth
9. part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
10. period of the cell cycle between cell division
12. process by which a cell divides into 2 new daughter cells
14. process of programmed cell death
16. reproduction that involves the fusion of 2 reproductives cells from 2 parents