Across
- 2. reproductive cells that grow into new individuals by mitosis
- 3. tiny tube-like structures made of protein to which chromosomes attach during cell division
- 5. an identical genetic copy of an organism’s parent
- 9. a form of asexual reproduction in which a single parent cell replicates its genetic material and divides into two equal parts
- 10. the second stage of cell division, between prophase and anaphase, during which the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers.
- 11. the final phase of cell division, between anaphase and interphase, in which the chromatids or chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed.
Down
- 1. a form of asexual reproduction in which areas of an individual may undergo repeated mitosis and cell division and can develop into an identical organism
- 2. formed when DNA replicates during interphase and joined together by a centromere
- 4. the stage of meiotic or mitotic cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle
- 6. the final stage of the cell cycle, which separates the two nuclei and cell contents into two daughter cells
- 7. the first stage of cell division, before metaphase, during which the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears. The first prophase of meiosis includes the reduction division
- 8. the resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of meiosis