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| process by which a cell divides its nucleus and contents |
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| pattern of growth, DNA replication, and cell division that occurs in a eukaryotic cell |
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| process by which the cell cytoplasm divides |
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| long continious thread of DNA that consist of nemeorus genes and regulatory information |
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| protien that organizes chromosomes and around which DNA wraps |
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| loose combination of DNA and protiens that is present during interphase |
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| one half of a duplicated chromosome. |
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| region of condesed chromosome that looks piched; where spindle fibers attach during meiosis and mitosis |
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| repeating nucleotide at the ends of DNA molecules that do not form genes and help prevent the loss of genes |
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| first phase of mitosis when chromatids condenses, the nuclear envelope breaks down, the nucleolus disappears, and the centrosomes and centrioles migrate to opposide sides of the cell. |
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| second phase of mitosis when spindle fibers align the chromosomes along the cell equator |
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| third phase of mitosis during which chromatids seperate and are pulled to opposite sides of the cell |
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| last phase of mitosis when a complete set of identical chromosomes is positioned at each pole of the cell. |
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| broad group of protiens that stimulate cell division |
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| common name for a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division. |
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| having no dangerous effect on health, especially reffering to an abnormal growth of cells that are not cancerous |
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| cancerous tumor in which cells break away and spread to other parts of the body causing harm the organisms health |
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| to spread by transferring a disease-causing agent from the site of the disease to other parts of the body. |
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| substances that produces or promotes the development of cancer. |
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| process by which offspring are produced from a single parents: does not involve joining of gametes |
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| asexual reproduction in which a cell divides into two equal parts |
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| group of cells that work together to perform a similar function |
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| group of different types of tissues that work together to perform a specefic function or related functions. |
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| two or more organs that work in a coordinated way to carry out similar functions |
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| process by which unspecialized cells develop into there mature form and function |
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| cell that can divide for long periods of time while remaining undifferntiated |
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