Across
- 1. final phase of the cell life cycle; cell cytoplasm divides into two new cells
- 3. disease in which cells divide erroneously and uncontrollably, causing damage to the body
- 6. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- 8. second phase of the cell life cycle; chromosomes divide
- 9. The two new genetically identical cells
- 12. The scientific study of traits
- 13. loose, winding strands of DNA
- 15. first phase of the cell life cycle; cell grows and copies its DNA
- 16. special organelle that assists in splitting up the chromatids
Down
- 2. rope-like structures which pull chromatids to opposite ends of the cell
- 3. each side of the chromosome containing identical replicated DNA, gets pulled apart
- 4. base G of the four bases
- 5. base T of the four bases
- 7. The process by which cells copy and divide
- 10. base C of the four bases
- 11. an error in DNA replication
- 13. condensed rods of DNA molecules which split in mitosis
- 14. base A of the four bases
