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Asexual Reproduction
budding, binary fission, vegetative reproduction, mitosis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cell Cycle | A repeating sequence of cellular growth and division during the life of an organism. |
| Interphase | Where the cell spends 90% of its time. It will only leave this phase when it is about to divide. |
| Mitosis | The process during cell division in which the nucleus of a cell is divided into two nuclei. |
| Cytokinesis | The process during cell division in which the cytoplasm divides. |
| Cancer | The uncontrolled growth of cells. It is essentially a disorder of cell division. |
| Spindle | Cell structure that make up the centrioles and individual microtubule fibers that are involved in moving chromosomes during cell division. |
| Prophase | The first stage of mitosis where the chromosomes first become visible. |
| Metaphase | The second stage of mitosis where the chromosomes line up along the middle. |
| Anaphase | The third stage of mitosis where the chromosomes become separated. |
| Telophase | Stage where the chromosomes are at opposite sides of the cell and begin to re-coil. |
| Asexual Reproduction | Reproduction that involves only one parent and results in genetically identical offspring. |
| Binary Fission | Form of asexual reproduction that produces identical offspring. |