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| A nuclear division mechanism that occurs in the somatic cells of multi-celled eukaryotes. |
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| a nuclear division mechanism that precedes the formations of gametes or spores, and is the basis of sexual reproduction. |
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| one of the two attached member of a duplicated eukaryotic chromosome |
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| Type of protein that structurally organizes eukaryotic chromosomes, part of nucleosomes |
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| Smallest unit of structural organization in eukaryotic chromosomes; a length of DNA wound twice around a spool of histone proteins |
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| Constricted regin in a eukaryotic chromosome where sister chromatids are attached |
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| Process by which a cell duplicates its DNA before it divides |
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| A series of events from the time a cell forms until is reproduces |
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| In a eukaryotic cell cycle, the interval between mitotic divisions when a cell grows in mass; roughly doubles the number of its cytoplasmic components and replicates its DNA |
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| The sum of all chromosomes in a cell of a given type |
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| In a eukaryotic cell a dynamically assembled and disassembled array of microtubules that moves chromosome during mitosis or meiosis |
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| the first stage of mitosis where the chromosomes condense and become visible in micrographs |
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| the second stage of mitosis, where the spindles have aligned with the chromosomes in the midpoint of the cell |
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| the third stage of mitosis, where each chromosome moved toward opposite spindle poles |
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| the last stage of mitosis, where the chromosomes reach the spindle poles and a nuclear envelope occurs. |
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| the cells cytoplasm divides |
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| a band of filaments that are anchored to the plasma membrane |
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| Vesicles and their wall building contents start to fuse into a disk shape |
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| checkpoint genes that are also activation genes |
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| when all checkpoints mechanisms fail, a cell loses control over its cell cycle, an abnormal mass |
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| occurs when the abnormally dividing cells of a malignant neoplasm disrupt body tissue and physically and metabolically. |
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