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| Mitosis | Process by which hereditary information is passed from cell to cell by dividing the chromosomes into two identical daughter cells. The threadlike nuclear material is divided. |
| Prophase | The first phase of mitosis where chromatin coils to form visible chromosomes. |
| Metaphase | The second stage of mitosis where the nuclear membrane completely disappears leaving the chromosomes free in the cytoplasm and they move to the equator of the spindle and chromatids are each attached by centromeres. |
| Anaphase | The stage during which the centromeres split and sister chromatids are pulled apart to opposite poles of the cell. |
| Telophase | Final Phase in Mitosis where the chromotids reach the opposite poles of the cell and the two daughter cells become separated. |
| Centrioles | A pair of cylindrical structures composed of microtubules that duplicate during interphase and move to opposite ends of the cells during prophase. (Found in animal cells) |
| Centromere | Cell structure that joins two sister chromotids of a chromosome. |
| Chromosomes | These structures contain the DNA. |
| Gene | A segment of DNA located on a chromosome and directs the protein production that controls a cell cycle. |
| Sister Chromatid | Identical halves of the duplicated parent chromosomes formed before the onset of cell division. They are joined at the centromere. |
| Spindle | Thin fiber structure that forms between the two poles or centrioles during prophase and shortens during anaphase, pulling the chromatids apart. |
| Cell Cycle | A complex series of continuous events consisting of interphase and mitosis. |
| Cell Reproduction | Cell division or mitosis |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucelic acid - a living substance that carry an organism's information code |
| Cytokinesis | This follows nuclear division and this is the division of the cytoplasm. |
| Cell Division | This takes place in two phases, nuclear division and cytokinesis. |
| Phenotype | Outward appearance |
| Genotype | Gene combination (WW) |
| Mendle | Father of Genetics |
| Allele | Gene have two of these |
| Dominant trait | Visible trait |
| Recessive trait | Gets covered up (hh) |
| Punnett Squares | A tool used to determine traits in offspring |
| Cancer | cells dividing out of control |
