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        | sperm and eggs... reproductive cells |  | 
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        | other cells that are not reproductive cells |  | 
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        | a division of the genetic material that produces daughter cells that are genetically identical to their parent cell. |  | 
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        | the division of the cytoplasm into the two daughter cells |  | 
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        | a single long molecule of DNA and any associated proteins |  | 
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        | the phase of the cell cycle during which cell division occurs.  Includes mitosis and cytokinesis |  | 
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        | division of the cytoplasm to form two daughter cells.  Typically occurs immediately after division of the nucleus byt mitosis or meiosis. |  | 
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        |   The part of the cell cycle during which no cell division occurs.  Includes G1, S, G2  |  | 
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        | The phase of the cell cycle during which DNA is synthesized and chromosomes are duplicated |  | 
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        | the phase of the cell cycle that constitues the first part of interphase before DNA synthesis |  | 
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        | the phase of the cell cycle between synthesis of DNA and mitosis; last part of interpahse |  | 
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        | segment of DNA that contains the infor for synthesizing a particular polypeptide or RNA molecule |  | 
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        | the material that makes up euk chromosomes: a DNA molecule complexed with histone proteins.  Cna be highly compacted (heterocromatin) or filamentous (euchromatin) |  | 
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