Vocabulary-Mitosis
Cell cycle-series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells
- Interphase-period of the cell cycle between cell divisions
- Gap 1 (G1): Cell growth
- S Phase (Synthesis-to make): DNA replicates
- Gap 2 (G2): Prepares for mitosis
- M Phase
- Mitosis-part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
- Prophase-first and longest phase of mitosis in which the genetic material inside of the nucleus condenses and the chromosomes become visible
- Metaphase-phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
- Anaphase-phase of mitosis in which chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell
- Telophase-phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin
- Cytokinesis-division of the cytoplasm to form two separate identical daughter cells
- Mitosis-part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
Cell division-process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
Centriole-structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division
Centromere-region of chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach
Chromatid-one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
Chromatin-substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones
Chromosome-threadlike structure within the nucleus that contains genetic information that is passed from one generation to the next