Definitions
The basic structural and functional unit of living organisms
What is a cell?
The chromosomes are lined up in the middle of the cell in this stage
What is metaphase?
The type of reproduction involving one parent
What is asexual reproduction?
The types of cells that divide by mitosis
What is all cells divide by mitosis except reproductive cells
The process of cell division consisting of the stages: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
What is mitosis?
The chromosomes gather at opposite ends of the cell and a new nucleus forms around the chromosomes; two new cells are beginning to form during this stage
What is telophase?
The type of reproduction involving the production of a genetically identical organism from two parents
What is sexual reproduction?
Mitosis is an example of this type of reproduction
What is asexual reproduction?
The process of cell division consisting of the stages of interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
What is cell cycle?
The chromosomes are pulled apart to opposite sides of the cell during this stage
The type of asexual reproduction in which bacteria divide by
What is binary fission?
The stage a cell spends most of its time in
The unraveled DNA strands found during the stage of interphase
What is chromatin?
The DNA coils into chromosomes which pair up during this stage; cells prepare to divide
What is prophase?
The type of asexual reproduction where an unfertilized egg develops into a new organism
What is parthenogenesis?
The number of chromosomes that humans have
What is 46?
What is chromosome?
The cell spends most of its time here carrying out its normal cell functions; DNA replicates here
What is interphase?
The type of asexual reproduction in which flatworms divide in half and regenerate the missing portion to become identical version of the parent
What is fragmentation?
This occurs when cells divide uncontrollably
What is cancer?