Across
- 2. A rod-shaped structure of DNA
- 5. Repairing injured cells or cuts
- 9. Chromosome copies begin to separate
- 11. Adding cells as the human body grows
- 12. Parallel paired duplicated chromosomes
- 14. Growing phase; each chromosome in the nucleus makes an exact copy of itself
- 15. section of DNA that controls traits
Down
- 1. Division into two daughter cells
- 3. Threadlike structure in the nucleus made of tightly coiled DNA; contains genes
- 4. Chromosome copies line up in the center of cell (equator)
- 6. Cell pinches in middle; last phase of mitosis
- 7. Process in which the material from the cell nucleus divides
- 8. Asexual reproduction
- 10. Mitosis begins; chromosomes shorten, thicken, and pair up
- 13. Replace old cells with new cells