What disappears during prophase?
What is nucleus
What is the phase in which a cell spends most of its time?
What is interphase
The condensed form of DNA.
What is chromosome
The process most prokaryotes use to reproduce.
What is binary fission.
The type of cell that can become any other type of cell.
What is stem cell
What is one reason that cells go through the process of mitosis?
To replace old cells, for growth or for repair
This process that must occur after mitosis for two new identical daughter cells to be produced.
What is cytokinesis.
What are the two stages of the cell cycle besides interphase?
What is mitosis and cytokinesis
Asexual reproduction results in offspring that are _________ to the parent.
What is identical
The process of one cell becoming a specific type of cell.
What is cell differentiation.
During what process does the cytoplasm and its contents divide into two identical daughter cells?
What is cytokinesis
Name two purposes of the cell cycle.
What is replacement/repair, growth, and even reproduction in some organisms.
During the mitotic phase, what is the order of the phases
What is Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
Plus of reproducing asexually
What is doesn't have to look for a mate and can produce large numbers of offspring.
A cluster of cells working together to perform a similar function.
What is tissue
The person who coined the term "cell" while looking at cork under the microscope.
Who is Robert Hooke
The stage in interphase when "DNA replication" occurs.
What is S stage.
The stage of mitosis where sister chromatids are being pulled apart.
What is anaphase
Downside to reproducing asexually
What is doesn't produce genetic variation.
Type of stem cell that can become any other type of cell
What is pluripotent cells.
The organelle that houses the genetic material of the cell.
What is the nucleus
In which stage is there a checkpoint to see if DNA replicated correctly?
What is G2
When are two new identical nuclei form?
What is telophase
Type of asexual reproduction that can be done in a laboratory.
tissue culture
Every cell type has the exact same DNA in an organism. (True or False)
True