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30 Cards in this Set
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The Structures that contain most of an organism's DNA
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Chromosomes
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The cell division that forms gametes
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Meiosis
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The fertilized egg (Diploid)
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Zygote
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A cell with a single chromosome set
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Haploid Cell
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Sperm and egg cells
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Gametes
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2 homologous sets of chromosomes
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Diploid cells
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Determine a person's gender
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Sex chromosomes
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Any chromosome that isn't a sex chromosome
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Autosomes
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The site where a gene is found on a chromosome
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Locus
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2 chromosomes that carry genes controlling the same inherited characteristic
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homologous Chromosomes
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Cancers of blood-forming tissues
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Leukemias and Lymphomas
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Arise in tissues that support the body
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Sarcomas
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Cancers that originate in the external or internal coverings of the body
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Carcinomas
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The spread of cancer cells beyond their original site
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Metastasis
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A cancerous tumor (CAN SPREAD)
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Malignant tumor
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Abnormal mass of essentially normal cells
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Benign tumor
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Do not have a properly functioning cell cycle control system
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Cancer cells
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A cyclically operating set of proteins in the cell that both triggers and coordinates major events in the cell cycle
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Cell cycle control system
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A protein that stimulates cells in the vicinity to divide
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Growth Factor
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Cell division slows down as the cell population becomes denser
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Density-Dependent Inhibition
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The requirement that, to divide, a cell must be attached to the substratum
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Anchorage dependence
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A membrane-enclosed disc formed by fusing vesicles
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Cell plate
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A groove in the cell that is the first sign of cleavage
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Cleavage furrow
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Nucleus divides
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Mitosis
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Prokaryotic cell division
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Binary fission
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Cytoplasm is divided in two
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Cytokinesis
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Eukaryotic cell division
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Cell cycle
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The area where the sister chromatids are joined
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Centromere
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The 2 copies formed by chromosome duplication
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Sister chromatids
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A combination of DNA and Protein molecules
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Chromatin
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