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process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
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cell division
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part of eukaryotic cell division in which the cell nucleus divides (1st part)
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mitosis
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division of the cytoplasm during cell division (2nd part)
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cytokinesis
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one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
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chromatid
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area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached
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centromere
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period of the cell cycle between cell division
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interphase
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series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
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cell cycle
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1st and longest phase of mitosis; during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on opposite sides of the nucleus
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prophase
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one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cells; near the nuclear envelope
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centriole
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fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis
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spindle
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2nd phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
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metaphase
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3rd phase of mitosis, during which the chromosome pairs separate and move toward opposite poles
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anaphase
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4th and final phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes begin to diseperse into a tangle of dense material
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telophase
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one in a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
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cyclin
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disorder in which some of the bodies own cells lose the ability to control growth
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cancer
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