Cell Cycle
The longest phase of the cell cycle.
What is interphase?
Chromosomes align along the equatorial plane
What is metaphase?
The number of divisions in meiosis.
Condensed form of DNA.
What is a chromosome?
The physical separation of the cell.
What is cytokinesis?
The centrioles begin to separate releasing spindle fibers.
What is prophase?
The phase where tetrads form.
What is Prophase I?
A pair of chromosomes of like shape and size that code for the same traits.
What are homologous chromosomes?
The stage of interphase where DNA replication occurs.
What is the S stage?
Chromosomes separate into chromatids and travel towards opposite ends of the cell
What is anaphase?
The phase where two cleavage furrows begin to form
What is Telophase II?
Another name of a reproductive cell.
What is a gamete?
The stage of interphase that immediately follows cytokinesis
The type of cells produced by mitosis.
What are identical diploid cells?
The phase where crossing over occurs.
What is Prophase I?
The 3 steps of DNA replication
What are initiation, elongation and termination?
The phase the follows G2.
What is the M Phase?
Another name for body cells
What are somatic cells?
The phase in which the haploid cells first develop.
What is Anaphase I?
This is a physical depiction of an organism's chromosomes
What is a karyotype?