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Cell Growth and Division (Ch 10)

Name:________________________
Class: ___________ Date: ________
Across
Pluripotent ______ stem cells are more versatile than adult stem cells.
The M phase takes its name from the process of _______.
Cancer cell form a mass called a ________.
The region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach.
_______ cells can develop into any of the body cell types, but cannot form the tissues surrounding the embryo.
Cells do most of their _____ during the G1 phase.
_______ is divided into three parts: G1, S and G2
The second stage of cell division, the division of cytoplasm, is called _______.
The process in which cells become specialized is known as ______.
_______ is a disease in which cells divide uncontrollably.
The unspecialized cells from which differentiated cells develop are known as _____ cells.
________ is DNA coiled around proteins called histones.
The fourth and final phase of mitosis is _______.
A zygote is _____ which means able to develop into any type of cell.
During ______, the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the duplicated chromosomes become visible.
Asexual reproduction produces genetically _______ offspring from a single parent.
New blood cells differentiate from stem cells in the bone ______.
Down
During the cell _____, a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells.
The process of cell division in prokaryotes is a form of asexual reproduction known as ______ fission.
Most prokaryotes contain a single ________ DNA chromosome that contains all, or nearly all of the cell's genetic information.
Adult stem cells are referred to as _______.
A protein that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells is called _______.
During cytokinesis in animal cells, the cell membrane is drawn inward until the cytoplasm is _______ into two equal parts.
Cell division is the process by which a cell divides in two new _______ cells.
_________ make it possible to separate DNA precisely during cell division.
Genetic information is bundled into packages of DNA known as ________.
Spindle fibers extend from a region called the centromere where tiny paired structures called _____ are located.
Growth _______ simulate the growth and division of cells.
During _____, the centromeres of the duplicated chromosomes line up across the center of the cell.
The S of S phase stands for synthesis. During the S phase, new DNA is synthesized when the chromosomes are ________.
During telophase, a ______ envelop reforms around each cluster of chromosomes.
_______ is a process of programmed cell death.
During _____, the chromosomes separate and move along spindle fibers to opposite ends of the cell.
Cells build a _____, a fan-like system of microtubules that help to separate the duplicated chromosomes.
Offspring produced by ______ reproduction inherit some of their genetic information from each parent.
In plant cells, during cytokinesis, a structure known as the cell _______ forms halfway between the divided nuclei.
The eukaryotic cell cycle consists of _____ phases.