Phases
Cell Cycle
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Miscellaneous
100
Phase of mitosis where the chromosomes line up along the equator of the cell
What is Metaphase
100
Phase of the cell cycle where DNA is replicated
What is interphase?
100
Fiber-like structures in a cell that move chromosomes during cell division
What are Spindle Fibers
100
The series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
What is Cell Cycle
100
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.
What are the phases of Mitosis?
200
The final step of mitosis where a nuclear membrane forms around each new set of chromosomes
What is Telophase
200
Phase of the cell cycle where the cell performs its normal functions and prepares for division.
What is Interphase?
200
These contain DNA and are loosely coiled during interphase.
What is chromatin?
200
One of a pair of identical chromosomes created before a cell divides
What is Sister Chromatid
200
The amount of cells that mitosis produces
What is 2
300
Phase of mitosis where sister chromatids are pulled to opposing sides of the cell
What is Anaphase
300
Phase of the cell cycle where the two nuclei separate into two daughter cells.
What is Cytokinesis?
300
The point on a chromosome where the two sister chromatids are attached
What is a Centromere
300
Unspecialized cell the can develop into a specialized cell under the right conditions
What is Stem Cell
300
The phrase of the cell cycle in which the cell spends most of its life
What is Interphase
400
Phase of mitosis where chromosomes become visible and the nuclear membrane disappears
What is Prophase
400
The sister chromatids move towards opposite poles of the cell.
What is Anaphase?
400
Type of reproduction in which a cell divides to make an exact copy of itself
What is Asexual Reproduction
400
Another name for diseases that result in uncontrolled cell division.
What is Cancer
400
This prevents cells from dividing.
What are checkpoints.
500
Period of the cell cycle between cell divisions
What is Interphase
500
Phase of the cell cycle where the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate to opposite sides of the cell
What is Prophase
500
Division of the cell's nucleus which produces two new cells with the same DNA
What is Mitosis
500
The region where two sister chromatids are joined tightly together
What is Centromere
500
Type of cell division used by bacteria to reproduce
What is Binary Fission