Unit 2 Heredity: Mitosis/Meiosis

part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides

• mitosis

• meiosis

• fision

• fusion

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A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes; deoxyribonucleic acid

• nucleus

• DNA

• fetus

• kitten

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threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

• sperm

• DNA

• chromosomes

• cells

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series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

• meiosis

• mitosis

• Infancy

• cell cycle

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period of the cell cycle between cell divisions when it carries out normal life activities

• interphase

• prophase

• metaphase

• anaphase

First and longest phase of mitosis; chromosomes become visible, nuclear envelop dissolves, spindle forms

• interphase

• prophase

• metaphase

• telophase

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second phase of mitosis; chromosomes line up across the center of the cell

• interphase

• prophase

• metaphase

• telophase

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the third phase of mitosis; chromosome pairs separate and move toward opposite poles

• telophase

• prophase

• metaphase

• anaphase

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the final phase of mitosis, chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed.

• anaphase

• metaphase

• telophase

• cytokinesis

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division of the cytoplasm

• prophase

• meiosis

• mitosis

• cytokinesis

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