DNA must be able to copy itself, which it does through a process called this
What is replication?
100
This is the sequence of stages through which a cell passes between one cell division and the next
What is the cell cycle?
100
These are the type of cells that undergo a process called mitosis
What are somatic cells?
100
Meiosis is a type of cell division division necessary for this type of reproduction
What is sexual reproduction?
100
During this phrase of cell division, the two daughter cells divide again without replication of the chromosomes
What is meiosis II?
200
This consists of long strands of DNA, jumbled up with proteins, that together form a kind of disorganized mass of genetic material in the nucleus
What is chromatin?
200
Most of the cell cycle is spent in this consisting of three major parts
What is interphase?
200
This is a type of cell division that generates two daughter cells that are both identical to the mother cell
What is mitosis?
200
Meiosis produces four reproductive cells called
What are gametes?
200
These chromosomes are matched pairs of chromosomes
What are homologous chromosomes?
300
This is a single macromolecule of DNA, organized into a long chain
What is a chromosome?
300
The name for a single set of chromosomes
What is haploid?
300
This type of reproduction only requires one parent
What is asexual reproduction?
300
During this phases of cell division, each set of replicated chromosomes lines up with its homologous pair
What is meiosis I?
300
Humans have this many chromosomes total
What is 46?
400
This enzyme collects the nucleotide bases and matches them to their complementary pair along the single-strand DNA
What is DNA polymerase?
400
The name for two sets of chromosomes
What is diploid?
400
The process of mitosis and cytokinesis are together called this
What is cell division?
400
This is the resting period before meiosis II begins
What is interkinesis?
400
This is an abnormal swelling caused by a massive overgrowth of cells
What is a tumor?
500
These cells have two sets (diploid) number of chromosomes
What are somatic cells?
500
During G1 phase the cell grows, during G2 phase the cell prepares for mitosis by replicating organelles and increasing the amount of cytoplasm, and during S phase the cell does this to the DNA containing the genetic material
What is replicate?
500
The division of the cell cytoplasm is called this
What is cytokinesis?
500
During this process, the homologous pairs of chromosomes can break and exchange segments
What is the crossing over process?
500
Down's syndrome is attributed to the incorrect number of these