a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information

cell division in which a nucleus divides into two nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

control center of the cell

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

the precursor of a new plant cell wall that forms during cell division and divides a cell

one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome

The area of the cell membrane that pinches in and eventually separates the dividing cell

division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells

Cell grows, performs its normal functions, and prepares for division; consists of G1, S, and G2 phases

chromosomes become visible, nuclear envelope dissolves, spindle forms

chromosomes uncoil, a nuclear envelope forms around the chromosomes at each pole of the cell.

spindle fibers shorten and pull apart sister chromatids

chromosomes line up along the equator of the cell