Definition
Phases of mitosis
Chromosomes
Cancer
Misc.
100
A cycle of growing and dividing
What is the cell cycle?
100
The first and longest stage
What is prophase?
100
Chromosomes that make up a pair, one from each parent.
What is homologous chromosomes?
100
Substances and agents known to cause cancer
What is carcinoges?
100
An organism with two of the same alleles for a particular trait.
What is homozygous?
200
Programmed cell death
What is apoptosis?
200
The final stage of mitosis
What is telophase?
200
DNA segments that control production of proteins
What are genes?
200
This organization requires labels and warning for products that might cause cancer
What does the FDA do?
200
An organism with two different alleles for a particular trait.
What is heterozygous?
300
Structure that contain genetic material that is passed from generation to generation.
What are chromosomes?
300
When chromatids are pulled apart, the third stage.
What is anaphase?
300
A DNA containing structure that carries genetic material from one generation to another
What is a chromosome?
300
Cells that go through the cell cycle faster than normal cells
What are cancer cells?
300
the new combination of genes produced by crossing over and independent assortment.
What is genetic recombination?
400
Uncontrolled growth and division of cells- a failure in regulation of the cell cycle.
What is cancer?
400
The second stage of mitosis
What is metaphase?
400
23 Chromosomes
How many chromosomes does each parent contribute?
400
One or many changes in DNA that cause cancer
What is cancer genetics?
400
the occurrence of one or more extra sets of organisms in an organism
What is a polyploidy?
500
When a section of one chromosome changes place with a section of its homologous chromosome.
What is crossing over?
500
Not an actual part of mitosis. The cytoplasm divides
What is cytokinesis?
500
46 chromosomes
How many chromosomes does the human body have?
500
The try to take a genetic change or mutations but when they fail to do so cancer cancer can happen.
What are various repair systems?
500
an alternate form of a single gene passed from generation to generation.
What is an allele?
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