chapter 9 vocab mitosis

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Nuclear division forming 2 daughter cells with a set of chromosomes.

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mitosis

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Groups of cells working together for a specific function.

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Tissue

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Phase where chromosomes are separated

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anaphase

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Cytoplasm divides into two new cells

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Cytokinesis

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Uncontrolled cell division due to environment or heredity

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cancer

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Chromosomes align at the cell's equator, and spindle fibers attach to centromeres.

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metaphase

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First and longest phase of mitosis where everything duplicates.

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Interphase

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Identical halves of a chromosome

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Sister chromatids

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Fibers formed with centrioles during prophase that attach to sister chromatid centromeres.

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Spindle fibers

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Final phase of mitosis where cells pinch apart or cell plate forms.

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Telophase