Cell cycle
The full sequence of growth and division that cells go through
What is the cell cycle?
Chromatin condenses into chromosomes and spindle fibers begin to form
What is prophase?
A mass of abnormal cells.
What is a tumor?
The study of heredity and variation.
What is genetics?
Type of cell division that makes identical daughter cells.
What is mitosis?
During this stage, the cell grows, DNA replicates, and the cell preps for division
What is interphase?
Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
What is metaphase?
A harmless tumor that doesn’t spread.
What is benign?
Passing of traits from parents to offspring.
What is heredity?
Type of cell division that makes gametes with half the chromosomes.
What is meiosis?
This is used to view cells
What is a microscope
Sister chromatids separate and move apart
What is anaphase?
A harmful tumor that invades tissue.
What is malignant?
A unit of DNA that codes for a trait.
What is a gene?
Structures that move chromosomes during cell division.
What are spindle fibers?
This is the division of the cytoplasm in two cells
What is cytokinesis?
Nuclei reform and chromosomes decondense.
What is telophase?
The spread of cancer cells to other areas.
What is metastasis?
Different forms of a gene.
What is an allele?
Two identical copies of a chromosome.
What are sister chromatids?
This process happens when a call self-destructs for the good of the organism
What is apoptosis?
This structure connects sister chromatids together.
What is the centromere?
A substance that causes cancer.
What is a carcinogen?
Having two identical alleles for a trait.
What is homozygous?
Structure of DNA that carries genetic information.
What is a chromosome?