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Cell Division terms
A way to study chapter 3.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cell cycle | The changes the cell goes through from one cell division to the next. |
| Regeneration | The process of new tissue growth at the sight of a wound or lost limb. |
| Binary Fission | Is the form of asexual reproduction occurring in prokaryotes. |
| DNA | A chemicalthat contains information for an organism's growth and functions. |
| Chromosomes | Structers that are made of compacted DNA wrapped around proteins. |
| Interphase | The part of the cell cycle during which a cell is not dividing. |
| Mitosis | The part of the cell cycle during which the nucleus divides. |
| Cytokinesis | The division of the parent cell's cytoplasm. |
| Asexual Reproduction | One organism produces one or more new organisms that are identical to itself and that live independently of it. |
| Budding | The process in which and organism develops tiny buds on its body. |
| Prophase | Long strands of DNA condense to sistinct chromosomes, each with two chromatids that are exact copies of each other. |
| Metaphase | Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell. |
| Anaphase | Chromatids of each chromosome split into two separate chromosomes. |
| Telophase | New nuclear membranes form. |
| Sexual Reproduction | A cell containing genetic information from the mother and a cell containing genetic information from the fater combine into a completely new cell, which becomes the offspring. |