Across
- 3. 4th phase of mitosis when cell forms 2 nuclear membranes & chromosomes untangle back into chromatin
- 6. Process of programmed cell death
- 9. Period of growth & DNA replication between cell divisions
- 10. Bundles of chromatin containing DNA
- 12. Mass of cells formed from cancer growth
- 14. Cancerous tumor
- 15. Cells specializing into specific types of cells
- 17. Unspecialized cells that can differentiate
- 18. 2nd main stage of cell division when the cytoplasm is divided into two
Down
- 1. 1st phase of mitosis when chromatin condenses into visible chromosomes
- 2. 2nd phase of mitosis when chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
- 4. Noncancerous tumor
- 5. The reproduction of offspring from 2 parents
- 7. Strands of DNA & protein that condense (bundle) into chromosomes during mitosis
- 8. 1st developmental stage of an organism
- 11. 3rd phase of mitosis when chromosomes are pulled apart
- 13. Disorder when cells grow & divide uncontrollably
- 14. 1st main stage of cell division when the nucleus is duplicated
- 16. The reproduction of genetically identical offspring from 1 parent
