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cell division   -cell splitting-life based on cell reproduction  
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cell cycle   an ordered sequence of events in the life of a dividing eukaryotic cell  
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genome   cells total herditary endowment of DNA  
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somastic cells   all body cells except reproductive cells which contain 46 chromosomes  
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gametes   sperm cells and egg cells which have 23 chromosomes  
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chromatin   DNA protein complex organized into long, thin fibers  
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sister chromatids   replicated forms of chromosome joined together by the centresome and eventually separated by mitosis or meoisis II  
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centrosome   centralized region joining two sister chromatids  
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Mitosis   the division of the nucleus, accomplished in 5 steps  
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cytokinesis   division of the cytoplasm  
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meiosis   2 stage type division in sexually reproducing organisms that results in gametes with half the chromosome number of the original cell  
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mitotic (M) phase   - both mitosis and cytokinesis- shortest part of the cycle  
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Interphase   -long- successive mitotic cell divisions- Divided into G1, S, and G2 phases  
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Prophase   chromatin condenses  
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Prometaphase   distinct chromosomes  
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Metaphase   chromosomes pulled to opposite ends of the cell  
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Anaphase   everything else begins to separate to opposite ends of the cell  
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Telophase   - two daughter cells form- cytokinesis begins  
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Mitotic Spindle   structure which consists of fibers made of microtubules and proteins which the other phases depend upon  
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kinetochore   a structure proteins and specific sections of DNA at the centresome  
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astars   -in the g2 part of interphase- shape the microtubules form as they extend  
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metaphase plate   imaginary plane equidistant from the two poles where the chromosomes aline before dividing  
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cleavage forrow   a groove in the cell surface near the old metaphase plate  
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cell plate   plant cell version of the metphase plate  
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binary fission   prokaryotic cell reproduction (cell division)  
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cell cycle control system   a cyclically operating set of molecules in the cell that both triggers and coordinates key events in the cell cycle  
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checkpoint   critical point where stop and go-ahead signals can regulate the cycle  
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G(zero) Phase   a non-dividing, no growth state  
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cyclin   a protein that gets its name from its cyclically fluctuating concentration in the cell  
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cyclin-dependent kinases (cdks)   a protein kinase that is active only when attached to a particular cyclin  
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MPF   a protein complex required fo a cell to progess from late interphase to mitosis, the active form consists of cyclin and cdc2, a protein kinase  
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growth factor   a protein released by certain body cells that stimulates others to divide  
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density dependent inhibition   crowded cells stop dividing  
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anchorage dependence   to divide, they must be attracted to a substratum, such as inside of a jar or cell matrix of a tissue.  
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transformation   the process that converts a normal cell to a cancer cell  
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tumor   a mass of abnormal cells within an otherwise normal tissue  
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benign tumor   when the abnormal cells remain at the original site  
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malignant tumor   invasive enough to impair other organs  
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metastasis   spread of cancer cells  
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