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| A chromosome is a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes. |
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| Chromatin is the material of which the chromosomes of organisms other than bacteria are composed. It consists of protein, RNA, and DNA. |
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| The Cell Cycle is is the series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication that produces two cells. In cells without a nucleus, the cell cycle occurs with a process binary fission. |
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| Interphase is the resting phase between successive miotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of miosis. |
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| Mitosis is a type of cell division that results in cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth. |
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| Cytokinesis is the cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or miosis, bringing about the separation into two separate cells. |
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| Prophase is the first stage of cell division, before metaphase, during which the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears. The first prophase of miosis includes the reduction division. |
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| Centromere is the point on a chromosome by which it is attached to a spindle fiber during cell division. |
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| Chromatid is each of the two threadlike strands into which a chromosome divides during cell division. Each contains a double spiral of DNA. |
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| Centriole is a minute cylindrical organelle near the nucleus in animal cells, occurring in pairs and involved in the development of spindle fibers in cell division. |
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| Metaphase is the second stage of cell division, between prophase and anaphase, during which the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers. |
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| Anaphase is the stage of meiotic or mitotic cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle. |
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| Telophase is the final phase of cell division, between anaphase and interphase, in which the chromatids or chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed. |
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