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2. thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.
7. something passed down or received through inheritance, particularly in a genetic sense.
9. the final stage of cell division (both mitosis and meiosis) where two new nuclear membranes form around the separated chromosomes.
10. the basic structural, functional, and biological units of all known living organisms.
11. a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.
12. the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.

1. the initial stage of both mitosis and meiosis.
3. a stage in cell division where the cell's chromosomes align along the center of the cell.
4. a distinct stage, period, or state within a process, sequence, or system.
5. the longest phase of the cell cycle, where a cell grows, duplicates its DNA, and prepares for cell division.
6. the stage of cell division where sister chromatids, which are identical copies of a chromosome, are separated and moved.
8. a fundamental process of cell division in which a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells.