Cell Cycle, Mitosis, Cancer, Cell Differentiation

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What is cancer?

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Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.

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What does cell differentiation mean?

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Process by which a less specialized cell becomes a more specialized cell.

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What holds sister chromatids together?

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Centromere.

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What is the end result of mitosis?

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2 identical body cells.

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What happens during metaphase?

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DNA lines up in the middle of the cell and DNA attaches to spindle fibers.

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What is the cell cycle?

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The series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication.

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What are the phases of the cell cycle?

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Interphase, Mitosis, and Cytokinesis.

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What occurs during interphase?

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The cell grows, duplicates its DNA, and prepares for mitosis.

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What is apoptosis?

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Programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms.

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What is the role of spindle fibers?

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To separate sister chromatids during cell division.