Vocabulary
consists of uncoiled DNA found in the nucleus
What is chromatin?
The stage when DNA replicates
What is Interphase?
period of rapid growth, as well as RNA and protein synthesis
What is G1 phase?
Only found in animal cell mitosis. They attach the spindle to the chromosomes to help organize them.
What are Centrioles?
the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring
What is DNA?
Chromosomes become visible, nuclear envelop dissolves, spindle forms
What is Prophase?
synthesis phase where DNA is replicated
What is the S phase?
uncontrolled cell growth and division. Mitosis out of control
What is Cancer?
DNA that is tightly coiled around proteins- formed during cell division
What are chromosomes?
Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
What is Metaphase?
A second rapid growth phase
What is the G2 phase?
During plant cell telophase the midline forms a structure that eventually forms a cell wall.
What is a Cell Plate?
attaches to the centromere of the chromosomes they help organize the chromosomes during mitosis.
What are Spindle Fibers?
The phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes move away to opposite ends of the cell
Anaphase
the period where RNA for mitosis are synthesized
What is the G2 phase?
Replicated forms of a chromosome joined together by the centromere and eventually separated during mitosis.
What are sister chromatids?
The area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached in the center
What are centromeres?
Two new nuclei and cells for
Telophase
nucleolus become disorganized