Definition A
a cell's blueprint
What is a gene?
The first stage of mitosis during which genes are copied
What is interpase?
Occurs when one cell divides into two new cells
What is cell division?
Also known as DNA is a double helix structure that holds genetic information
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
Also known as RNA is a single chain of nucleotides.
What is ribonucleic acid?
The final stage of cell division
What is cytokineses?
The process of regrowing missing body parts
What is regeneration?
Includes adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.
What are nucleotides?
The two identical strands from a duplicated chromosome.
What are sister chromatids?
The process by which one DNA molecule forms two DNA molecules
What is replication?
The process in which the copies of genetic information occurs through sexual reproduction.
What is meiosis?
A type of asexual reproduction that involves a bulge forming from the nucleus of a cell
What is budding?
The manufacturing of proteins inside a cell
What is protein syntesis?
When two organisms each give a complete copy of their genes to form a new organism.
What is sexual reproduction?
A type of asexual reproduction in which the cell is surrounded by a protective covering
What is a spore?
The three bases of the mRNA code
What is a codon?
Carries amino acids to the ribosome and mRNA
What is transfer RNA?
Reproduction by mitotic cell divisions
What is asexual reproduction?
Once RNA has been made the two sides of the DNA molecules join back together.
What is transcription?
A copy of the DNA's coded message
What is messenger RNA?
The equal distribution of parent cell's genes between the two new daughter cells
What is mitosis?
The second phase of mitosis in which the membrane around the nucleus disappears and the chromosome begins to coil up.
What is prophase?
The third phase of mitosis in which all the chromosomes are lined up at the center of the spindle.
What is metaphase?
The fourth phase of mitosis in which each pair of sister chromatids of one X shaped chromosomes separate into two L-shaped chromosomes.
What is anaphase?
The fifth phase in mitosis in which the new chromosomes reach the end of the spindle and begin to uncoil.
What is telophase?