Across
- 4. A family of basic proteins that associate with DNA in the nucleus and help condense it into chromatin.
- 5. Preceded by metaphase and followed by telophase.
- 10. The final stage of meiosis or mitosis.
- 12. A form of reproduction that does not involve meiosis.
- 14. occurs after the segregation of the duplicated genome 2
- 15. arge family of diseases that involve abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
- 18. The region of the chromosome to which the spindle fiber is attached during cell division.
- 20. The end of a chromosome.
- 21. A tumor that may invade its surrounding tissue or spread around the body.
Down
- 1. The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
- 2. A type of asexual reproduction common among prokaryotes.
- 3. Either of the two strands formed when a chromosome duplicates itself as part of the early stages of cell division.
- 6. A substance or agent that can cause cells to become cancerous by altering their genetic structure so that they multiply continuously and become malignant.
- 7. The process where crowded cells stop dividing.
- 8. The series of biochemical and structural events involving the growth, replication, and division of a eukaryotic cell.
- 9. A structure in all living cells that consists of a single molecule of DNA bonded to various proteins and that carries the genes determining heredity.
- 11. The spread from one part of the body to another.
- 13. A process of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms.
- 16. The stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
- 17. A tumor that does not invade its surrounding tissue or spread around the body.
- 18. The substance distributed in the nucleus of a cell that condenses to form chromosomes during cell division.
- 19. The initial stage of mitosis.