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13 Cards in this Set
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cell division
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the process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells
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mitosis
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the first stage of cell division, divicion of the cell nucleus
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cytokenisis
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second stage of cell division, division of the cytoplasm
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chromatids
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two identical sister parts of a duplicated chromosome.
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centromere
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are usually located near the middle of the chromatids although some lie near the ends
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interphase
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period of the cell cycles of cell divisons
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cell cycle
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the series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
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prophase
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first and longest stage of mitosis, can take as much as 50 to 60 percent of the time required to complete mitosis
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centrioles
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two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm
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spindle
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a fanlike microtuble structure that helps seperate the chromosmes
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metaphase
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second stage of mitosis, often only lasts a few minutes
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anaphase
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third stage of mitosis
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telaphase
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the fourth and final phase of mitosis
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