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| ROD-SHAPED STRUCTURES MADE OF DNA AND PROTEINS (Stores Genetic information) |
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| PROTEINS THAT HELP MAINTAIN THE SHAPE OF THE CHROMOSOME AND AID IN TIGHT PACKING OF DNA |
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| ONE OF TWO STRANDS OF THE CHROMOSOME VISIBLE DURING MEIOSIS OR MITOSIS |
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| THE PART OF THE CHROMOSOME THAT HOLDS THE TWO CHROMOTIDS TOGETHER DURING MITOSIS |
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| PROTEINS AND DNA STRANDS THAT BECOME LOOSELY BETWEEEN CELL DIVISIONS SO THAT THE INFORMATON CAN BE READ AND USED TO DIRECT CELL ACTIVITY |
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| CHROMOSOMES THAT DETERMINE THE SEX OF THE ORGANISM "X or Y" |
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| ANY CHROMOSOME THAT IS NOT A SEX CHROMOSOME |
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| HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOME(HOMOLOGUE) |
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| TWO COPIES OF EACH AUTOSOME THAT ARE THE SAME SIZE, SHAPE AND CARRY THE SAME GENES FOR THE SAME TRAITS |
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| PHOTOMICROGRAPH OF CHROMOSOMES IN A NORMAL DIVIDING CELL IN A HUMAN |
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| CELLS HAVING TWO SETS OF CHROMOSOMES |
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| CELL, NUCLEUS OR MEMBRANE CONTAINING ONLY 1 SET OF UNPAIRED CHROMOSOMES LIKE SPERM AND EGG CELLS |
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| THE DIVISION OF THE PROKARYOTIC CELL INTO TWO IDENTICAL OFFSPRING CELLS |
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| IN EUYKARYOTES, THE PROCESS OF CELL DIVISION THAT FORMS TWO NUCLEI, EACH WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES |
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| PRODUCTION OF OFFSPRING FROM ONE PARENT |
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| PROCESS IN CELL DIVISION DURING WHICH THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES DECREASES TO HALF THE ORIGINAL NUMBER BY TWO DIVISIONS OF THE NUCLEUS, WHICH RESULS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SEX CELLS |
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| HAPLOID REPRODUCTIVE CELLS (SEX CELLS) |
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| TIME BETWEEN CELL DIVISIONS - 3 PARTS - G1 CELL GROWTH , S DNA IS COPIED, G2 GROWTH AND PREP FOR CELL DIVISION |
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| DIVISION OF THE CELLS CYTOPLASM |
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| FIRST STAGE OF MITOSIS - DNA IS COPIED AND COILED INTO CHROMOSOMES |
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| MICROTUBLES THAT SPROUT FROM THE CENTROSOMES AND EXTEND ACROSS A DIVIDING EUKARYOTIC CELL TO ASSIST IN THE MOVEMENT OF CHROMOSOMES |
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| SECOND PHASE OF MITOSIS - CHROMATIDS (PAIRS OF CHROMOSES) ATTACH TO SPINDLE FIBERS |
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| 3RD STAGE OF MITOSIS -CHROMATIDS SEPERATE AND BEGIN TO MOVE TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CELL |
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| FOURTH STAGE AND FINAL STAGE OF MITOSIS - TWO NEW NUCLEI FORM, CHROMOSOMES APPEAR AS THREADS (CHROMATIN) INSTEAD OF RODS ( CHROMATIDS) |
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| CELL MEMBRANE MMOVES INWAR TO CREATE TWO NEW CELLS - EACH WITH ITS OWN NUCLEUS AND IDENTICAL CHROMOSOMES |
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| AREA OF THE CELL MEMMBRAND THAT PINCHES INWARD TO SEPARATE THE DIVIDING CELL INTO TWO EQUAL CELLS USING MICROFILAMENTS (ANIMALS) |
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| IN A PLANT CELL THE VESICLES FROM THE GOLGI APPARATUS JOIN AT THE MID-LINE OF THE DIVIDING CELL TO EVENUALLY BECOME THE CELL WALL |
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| THE FUSION OF THE SPERM AND EGG CELL IN A HUMAN. RESULTS IN 46 (2N) CHROMOSOMES |
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| IN MEIOSIS THE PAIRING OF HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES |
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| A PAIR OF HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES |
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| PROCESS DURING WHICH PORTIONS OF CHROMATIDS MAY BREAK OFF AND ATTACH TO ADJACENT CHROMATIDS ON THE HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOME. THIS EXCHANGES GENETIC MATERIAL BETWEEN MATERNAL AND PATERNAL CHROMOSOMES |
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| OCCURS WHEN GENETIC MATERIAL IS EXCHANGED BETWEEN MATERNAL AND PATERNAL CHROMOSOMES RESULTING IN A NEW MIXTURE OF GENETIC MATERIAL |
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| RANDOM SEPARATION OF HE HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES |
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| PRODUCTION OF SPERM CELLS |
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| PRODUCTION OF MATURE EGG CELLS (OVA) |
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| PRODUCTION OF OFFSPRING FROM MEIOSIS AND THE UNION OF A SPERM AND AN EGG. |
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