cell cycle terms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Parent cell | A cell that is the source of other cells, as a cell that divides to produce two or more daughter cells. |
Double Helix | shape of DNA, looks like a twisted ladder |
Meiosis | A series of stages in the cell cycle of a germ (sex) cell in which the parent cell divides into 4 new daughter cells that are NOT identical to the parent cell. |
Somatic cells | Any cell of a sexually reproducing organism that is not a germ cell. Also called a BODY cell. |
Cell Cycle | The series of events involving the growth, replication, and division of a cell. |
Daughter cell | Either of the two (or 4) cells formed when a cell undergoes cell division by mitosis (or meiosis). |
reproduction | The process by which organisms sexually or asexually generate new individuals of the same kind |
Germ cells | The reproductive cell of any sexually reproducing organism Also called a SEX cell. |
chromatin | one of a pair of duplicated chromosome |
Mitosis | A series of stages in the cell cycle of a somatic (body) cell in which the parent cell divides into 2 new daughter cells that are identical to the parent cell. |
gene | Hereditary Unit |
Cell division | The process by which a cell, called a parent cell, divides to form either 2 or 4 daughter cells. |
Interphase | The first stage in the cell cycle in which the cell grows and the DNA replicates (makes a copy of itself). |
centromere | where chromatins are joined in a duplicated chromosome |
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