Across
- 2. Fertilized Egg that results from sperm and a female gamete
- 3. An individuals complete set of chromosomes
- 5. This is the presence of a single set of chromosomes in an organism's cells
- 11. The process by which a single parent cell divides to make two new daughter cells is _______.
- 13. A type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms
- 15. An example of this reproduction are bacteria
- 16. Stage that prepares for mitosis where the Nucleus is well-defined
- 17. Stage where the Nucleolus disappears and the nuclear membrane breaks down
- 18. A reproductive cell
- 19. This forms the poles of the spindle during mitosis
- 20. mixture of DNA and proteins that form the chromosomes found in the cells of humans and other higher organisms
Down
- 1. The process where two haploid cells (gametes) fuse to form a diploid zygote
- 4. Stage where Sister chromatids separate at kinetochores
- 6. This is presence of two complete sets of chromosomes in an organism's cells, with each parent contributing a chromosome to each pair.
- 7. Stage in which the cell is nearly done dividing
- 8. Paired chromosomes must carry “matching” genes (same information)
- 9. Stage where spindle fibers attach to centromeres
- 10. The physical separation of two daughter cells
- 12. In this reproduction, the sperm and egg join
- 14. these link to the chromosomes and pull them apart