Cell Cycle
The longest part of the cell cycle when cells are performing normal functions is called this
What is interphase?
The first phase of mitosis where chromosomes condense and the nuclear envelope disappears is named this
What is prophase?
This is the last step of meiosis I when chromosomes have finished moving to opposite ends of the cell
What is telophase I?
Long, thin fibers of DNA and proteins
What is a chromatin?
Cell division that results in four daughter cells
What is meiosis?
In this phase a cell will copy its DNA
What is Synthesis?
What is S-Phase?
The daughter cells from mitosis are genetically ______ as compared to the parent cell
What is identical?
This is the name scientists give to the daughter cells produced in meiosis (not sperm or egg)
What are gametes?
After cell division, this is one half of a duplicated chromosome
What is a sister chromatid?
Non-recombinant chromatids are a result of this
What is crossing over?
Before the cell will enter mitosis, the cell performs these to look for errors
What are checkpoints?
This occurs after telophase, when the cell divides the cytoplasm and other organelles
What is cytokinesis?
This is the phase in which crossing over occurs
What is prophase I?
Holds two sister chromatids together before cell division separates them
What is a centromere?
The splitting of chromosmes occus in this stage of mitosis
What is anaphase?
A cell that has errors in the cell cycle or ignores signals to stop dividing or to die may form this
What is cancer?
What is anaphase?
When two chromosomes that code for the same genetic information are paired, it is called this
What is a homologous pair?
What is a tetrad?
Visible structure seen beginning in prophase
What is a chromosome?
These phases occur at the end of cell division
What are telophase and cytokinesis?
Cell preparation for division occurs here
What is the G2 phase?
This cell type undergoes mitosis very quickly in an adult human
What is a skin cell?
This is a result of independent assortment in meiosis
What is genetic variation?
Nucleic acid that makes up the bulk of a chromosome
What is DNA?
Chromosomes line up along this in metaphase
What is the metaphase plate?