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Byers, OMM, Lesson 8
Lesson 8 Vocabulary Words
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Science
6th Grade
12/09/2011

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Term
mitosis
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the process consisting of four phases in which the nucleus divides, and two genetically identical nuclei result
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cytokinesis
Definition
the splitting of one cell into two, the last stage of cell division
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cell division
Definition
collectively the stages of mitosis or meiosis and cytokinesis.
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genes
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Hereditary Unit
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double helix
Definition
shape of DNA, looks like a twisted ladder
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chromatin
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one of a pair of duplicated chromsome
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centromere
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where chromatins are joined in a duplicated chromosome
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