Chapter 10 Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The type of reproduction in which cells from 2 parents unite to form the 1st cell of a new organism.
  2. 4. Developed stages of multicellular organisms.
  3. 10. The thread-like structure of DNA and proteins that contains genetic information.
  4. 12. The process of programmed cell death.
  5. 16. Cells that are able to develop into any type of cell found in the body.
  6. 17. A phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out in a tangle of chromatin.
  7. 20. Cells that are capable of developing into most, but not all of the body's cell types.
  8. 21. The series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form 2 daughter cells.
  9. 22. One of a family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells.
  10. 24. Process in which cells become specialized in structure and function.
  11. 25. Period of the cell cycle between cell divisions.
  12. 26. The phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up against the center of the cell
  13. 27. Stage of early development in mammals that consists of a hollow ball of cells.
Down
  1. 1. The 1st longest phase of mitosis in which the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses.
  2. 3. The process of reproduction involving a single parent that results in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent
  3. 5. The mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue.
  4. 6. The part of eukaryotic division during which the cell nucleus divides.
  5. 7. The substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones.
  6. 8. One of a group of external regulatory proteins that simulate the growth and division of cells.
  7. 9. A structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division.
  8. 11. One of the 2 identical "sister" parts of duplicated chromosomes.
  9. 13. The unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types of specialized cells.
  10. 14. The cell with limited potential to develop into many types of differentiated cells.
  11. 15. Division of the cytoplasm to form 2 separate daughter cells.
  12. 18. process by which a cell divides into 2 new daughter cells.
  13. 19. The phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate to move to opposite ends of the cell
  14. 21. The region of a chromosome where the 2 sister chromatids attach.
  15. 23. A disorder in which some of the body's cell le the ability to control growth.