Across
- 4. process by which the cell is divided into two daughter cells
- 6. relaxed form of DNA that makes up chromosomes
- 9. two identical chromosomes that make up a duplicated chromatid
- 13. a cell that contains a single set of chromosomes
- 15. the first stage of mitosis
- 16. single chromosomes attached to its copy by a centromere
- 18. the stage in mitosis in which chromosomes become visible as tightly coiled threadlike structures.
Down
- 1. the last stage in which chromosomes move in opposite directions so the cell can divide
- 2. cells the cells in an organism that are different from the X or Y chromosome
- 3. the region of a chromosome to which the microtubules of the spindle attach
- 4. a disease in which some body cells grow uncontrollably damaging the parts of the body around them
- 5. when portions of homologous chromosomes are exchanged in prophase one
- 7. a haploid cell such as sperm or egg cells
- 8. the stage in which the nucleus dissolves and the chromosomes condense and move together
- 10. a cell that contains two sets of chromosomes
- 11. furrow the process of cytokinesis in animal cells characterized by pinching of plasma membrane
- 12. the stage in which the chromosomes move from the center to the opposite ends of the cell
- 14. fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis
- 16. a cellular structure carrying genetic material found in the nucleus of Eukaryotic cells
- 17. the stage in which the cell grows, replicates its DNA and prepares for cell division