Across
- 1. one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
- 2. genetic information, bundled into packages of DNA
- 3. process of programmed cell death
- 5. process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
- 6. phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin
- 8. substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones
- 9. part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
- 11. phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to opposites ends of the cell
- 13. series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for cell division, and divides to form two daughter cells
- 16. the two cells produced by cell division are genetically identical to the cell that produced them
- 17. fusion of two reproductive cells formed by each of two parents
- 18. period of the cell cycle between cell divisions
Down
- 1. division of the cytoplasm to form two daughter cells
- 4. factor one of a group of of external regularly proteins that stimulate the growth and division of cells
- 5. structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division
- 7. first and longest phase of mitosis in which genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the chromosomes become visible
- 8. region of a chromosome in which the two sister chromatids attach
- 10. disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth
- 12. mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surround tissue
- 14. one of a family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
- 15. phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up at the center of the cell