Across
- 4. One half of a duplicated chromosome
- 5. Which reproduction is more suitable for changing environments?
- 7. One long continuous thread of DNA that consists of numerous genes along with regulatory information
- 8. Regular pattern of growth, DNA duplication, and cell division that occurs in eukaryotic cells
- 10. Common name for a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division
- 13. The division of the cell nucleus and its contents
- 14. Asexual reproduction of a single-celled organism by division into two roughly equal parts
- 16. image 4
- 18. The process by which unspecialized cells develop into their mature forms and functions
- 21. A broad group of proteins that stimulate cell division
- 24. The combination of DNA and proteins
- 27. Where sister chromatids are held together
- 28. Part of the cell cycle in which nuclear membranes start to form and chromosomes begin to uncoil after the spindle fibers fall apart
- 30. Programmed cell death
- 31. The break away of cancer cells
- 32. Cell -> ______ -> organ -> organ system -> organism
- 34. A type of tumor in which the cancer cells remain clustered together
- 35. this type of reproduction creates offsprings from a single parent and does not involve the joining of gametes
- 36. Groups of tissues that work together to perform a specific function or similar functions
Down
- 1. A group of proteins associated with each of your chromosomes
- 2. cells divide at _________ rates
- 3. A characteristic of stem cells is that they can develop into a variety of ______ cell types
- 6. upper limit on cell size is due to the ratio of cell surface area:__________
- 9. The process that divides the cell cytoplasm
- 11. What type of stem cells can only grow into cells of a closely related cell family?
- 12. How do cancer cells grow compared to normal cells?
- 15. What type of stem cells can grow into any cell type except for totipotent cells?
- 17. Part of the cell cycle in which chromatids separate to opposite sides of the cell
- 19. Part of the cell cycle in which DNA and proteins condense into tightly coiled chromosomes
- 20. What class of stem cells can give rise to all cells?
- 22. Organs that carry out similar functions
- 23. Substances known to produce or promote the development of cancer
- 25. image 5
- 26. Part of the cell cycle in which spindle fibers attach to each chromosome and align the chromosomes along the cell equator
- 29. A type of tumor in which some of the cancer cells can break away
- 33. this type of body cells have the ability to divide and renew themselves for long periods of time, remain undifferentiated in form, and develop into a variety of specialized cell types