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Bonus Questions
100
cell cycle
What is it called when cells reproduce by a cycle of growing and dividing?
100
Mitosis
What is the part of the cell cycle that duplicates cells exactly?
100
cyclin/CDK combinations
What are the two substances that signal the cellular reproduction processes?
100
Genes
What are the DNA on chromosomes is arranged in segments that control the production of proteins called?
100
process during which chromosomal segments are exchanged between a pair of homologous chromosomes.
What is crossing over?
200
the stage of the cell cycle during which the cell’s nucleus and nuclear material divide
Mitosis
200
are structures that contain identical copies of DNA
What are sister chromatids?
200
uncontrolled growth and division of cells—a failure in the regulation of the cell cycle
What is cancer?
200
chromosomes that make up a pair, one chromosome from each parent
What are homogeneous chromosomes?
200
Cytokines
What is the method by which a cell’s cytoplasm divides, creating a new cell called?
300
is the method by which a cell’s cytoplasm divides, creating a new cell
Cytokinesis
300
where the sister chromatids are attached
What is the centometer
300
carcinogens
What are substances and agents that are known to cause cancer called?
300
cell with n number of chromosomes
What are haploid cells?
300
Prophase
What is the first stage of mitosis?
400
The cell that is dividing
The duration of the cell cycle varies, depending on
400
Metaphase
What is is one of the shortest stages of mitosis?
400
programmed cell death
What is apoptosis?
400
Anaphase
What is the stage where chromatids are pulled apart?
500
individual strands of chromatin that are not visible under a light microscope without the dye.
when a specific dye is applied to a cell in interphase, the nucleus stains with a speckled appearance. This speckled appearance is due to...?
500
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How many stages of mitosis are there?
500
Stem cells
What are unspecialized cells that can develop into specialized cells when under the right conditions called
500
Meiosis
What is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes called?