Chapter 10 - Cell Division Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. duplication of the cell's genetic information in four phases
  2. 4. third phase of mitosis
  3. 5. one of the duplicated strands of DNA.
  4. 7. a series of events where the cell grows.
  5. 10. single parent and identical offspring.
  6. 11. DNA packaged and prepared in the cell for cell division.
  7. 12. proteins that regulate the timing of the cell cycle; these proteins are inside and outside the cell.
  8. 14. proteins that stimulate the growth and division of cells.
  9. 17. "beads on a string"
  10. 19. the process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells.
  11. 20. second phase of mitosis
  12. 21. a mass of cells; can be benign which means the mass doesn't spread.
Down
  1. 2. final phase of mitosis where spindle breaks apart.
  2. 3. a mass of body cells that do not respond to the signals that regulate the growth of most cells.
  3. 6. the part of the cell cycle where the cell grows.
  4. 8. tiny paired structures where spindles come from to attach to the centromere to.
  5. 9. two parents and genetic material taken from both parents.
  6. 13. first described phase of mitosis
  7. 15. a process of programmed cell death; cells end their life cycle in one of two ways: damage or programmed.
  8. 16. the splitting of one cell into two.
  9. 18. duplicated strands of DNA attach.