Ch 11 VOCAB

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Across
  1. 2. unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types of specialized cells
  2. 7. part of the cell cycle between cell divisions; when the cell grows
  3. 8. one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
  4. 10. cell with limited potential to develop onto many types of differentiated cells
  5. 15. threadlike structure within the nucleus which contains genetic information
  6. 16. the process of programmed cell death
  7. 18. region of the chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach
  8. 20. cells that are able to develop into any type of cell found in the body
  9. 22. part of cell division when the nucleus divides; eukaryotic
  10. 23. phase of mitosis when chromosome begins to spread into a tangles of chromatin
  11. 25. phase of mitosis when the genetic material condenses and becomes visible;
  12. 26. cells that are capable of developing into most but not all, of the body's cell types
  13. 27. consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones; found in eukaryotic chromosomes
  14. 28. developing stage of multicellular organisms
Down
  1. 1. stage of early development in mammals that consists of a hollow ball of cells
  2. 3. phase of mitosis when chromosomes line up across the middle of the cell
  3. 4. one of a family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
  4. 5. process in which cells become specialized in structure and function
  5. 6. one of a group of external regulatory proteins that stimulate the growth and division of cells
  6. 9. disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth
  7. 11. mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue
  8. 12. reproduction including one parent that results in a genetically identical offspring
  9. 13. process when a cell divides into two new daughter cells
  10. 14. phase of mitosis when the chromosomes separate and move the opposite ends of the cell
  11. 17. reproduction when cells from two parents combine and form a new organism
  12. 19. division of the cytoplasm to form two daughter cells
  13. 21. when a cell grows, prepares for division and divides to form two daughter cells
  14. 24. structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division