Cell Cycle Vocabulary
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| cell cycle | regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo
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| interphase | first stage of the cell cycle; cells grow to mature stage makes copy of DNA
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| mitosis | stage when the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei
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| cytokinesis | final stage of the cell cycle, cytoplasm divides, distributing all the organelles into new cells
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| replication | when the cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus
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| chromosome | double rod of condensed chromatin
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| chromatid | indentical rod or strand of chromosome
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| prophase | chromatin and nucleus condense to form chromosomes
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| metaphase | chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
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| anaphase | centromeres split
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| telophase | chromosomes begin to stretch out and lose their rod-like appearance
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| spindle fiber | form a bridge between the ends of the cell
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| centriole | holds spindle fibers
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| chromatin | material in cells that contains DNA and carries genetic information
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| centromere | holds the chromatids together
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| sperm | male sex cell
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| egg | femal sex cell
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| meiosis | process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells
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