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chp3
cell cycle phases
Term | Definition |
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cell cycle | series of changes a cell goes through from time it is formed until it reproduces. |
interphase | the period from cell formation to cell division. (metabolic phase or growth phase) |
G1 gap 1 subphase | |
G0 phase | phase when the cells permanently stop dividing. |
S phase | |
G2 gap 2 subphase | |
replication bubble | |
replication fork | |
DNA polymerase | |
M (miotic) phase | |
mitosis | |
prophase | first phase |
metaphase | second |
anaphase | third |
telophase | fourth last; begins when migration of chromosomes to the poles of the cell has been completed and ends with the formation of two daughter nuclei |
cytokinesis | division of cytoplasm that occurs after cell nucleus has divided |
cleavage furrow | |
messenger RNA (mRNA) | |
ribosomal RNA (rRNA) | |
transfer RNA (tRNA) | |
guanine | one of two major purines occurring in all nucleic acids |