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The parts of a Cell
DNA
Mitosis
Meiosis
Mutation
100
The control center of the cell
What is the nucleus?
100
Genetic information inside the nucleus
What is DNA?
100
Mitosis involves this organelle
What is a nucleus?
100
A specialized cell necessary for reproduction
What are gametes
100
A change in the specific order of the A, G, C, and T bases
What is gene mutation?
200
Specialized organelles that provide energy
What are mitochondria?
200
The shape of DNA
What is a double helix?
200
These attach to chromatids to form chromosomes
What are centromeres?
200
The process in which an egg cell is penetrated by a sperm cell
What is fertilization
300
A jelly-like substance that contains the organelles and life-supporting materials
What is the cytoplasm?
300
Tightly packed DNA
What is a chromosome?
300
These attach to the centromeres during late prophase
What are spindle fibers?
300
An important event that occurs between each chromosome pair in meiosis I.
What is crossing over?
300
Someone has developed an immunity to HIV
What is a positive mutation?
400
The "Transport system" of a cell
What is the Endoplasmic Reticulum?
400
DNA stands for this
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
400
The chromosomes separate and are pulled to the opposite side of the cell
What is anaphase?
400
Inherited genetic differences in a species
What is genetic diversity?
400
Substances or factors that can cause mutations in DNA
What is a Mutagen?
500
Your cells couldn't live without these essential materials
What are proteins?
500
A base that starts with T
What is Thymine?
500
Organelles that "organize" spindle fibers during mitosis
What are centrioles?
500
Where homologous pairs of chromosomes separate at the equator and move toward opposite pollls
What is independent assortment?
500
A picture of all 23 pairs of chromosomes
What is a karotype?