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Cells 3 - Vocab
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7th Grade
10/06/2015

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DNA
Definition
It is a chemical that contains information for an organisms growth and functions
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Chromosomes
Definition
DNA is wrapped around proteins like thread around a spool and compacted into these structuers
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Cell cycle
Definition
It is the normal sequence of development and division of a cell
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Interphase
Definition
It is the part of the cell cycle during which a cell is not dividing
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Mitosis
Definition
It is the part of the cell cycle during which the nucleus divides
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Cytokinesis
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It is the division of the parent cells cytoplasm
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Asexual reproduction
Definition
One organism produces one or more new organisms that are identical to itself and that live independently of it
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Binary fission
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It is the form of asexual reproduction occurring in prokaryotes
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Regeneration
Definition
Sites that process new tissue growth
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