the process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells | ||
part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides | ||
division of the cytoplasm during cell division | ||
one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome | ||
area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached | ||
period of the cell cycle between cell divisions | ||
series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide. | ||
longest phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on the opposite side of the nucleus | ||
one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of an animal cell near the nuclear envlope | ||
fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis | ||
2nd stage of mitosis when chromosomes line up across center of cell and attach to a spindle fiber | ||
3rd stage of mitosis during which the chromosomes separate and move toward opposite poles | ||
4th and final phase of mitosis during which the chormosomes begin to disperse into a tangle of dense material | ||
one of a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells | ||
disorder in which the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth |
Pre-AP Ch. 10
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