Cell Cycle

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Cell Cycle

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"is a series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides"

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Interphase

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"the resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of meiosis."

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G1

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" the cell synthesizes mRNA and proteins in preparation for subsequent steps leading to mitosis. "

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S

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"the period of the cell cycle prior to mitosis, during which the chromosomes are replicated"

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G2

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"the period in the cell cycle from the completion of DNA replication to the beginning of cell division — compare g1 phase, m phase, s phase."

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G0

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"G zero phase or 'resting phase' is a period in the cell cycle in which cells exist in a quiescent state"

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Cancer

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"the disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body."

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Mitosis

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"Mitosis: during mitosis, the parent cell divides into two identical cells. These two new cells are called daughter cells."

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Cell division

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"the division of a cell into two daughter cells with the same genetic material."

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Parent cell

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"cell that is the source of other cells, as a cell that divides to produce two or more daughter cells, or a stem cell that is a progenitor of other cells or is the first in a line of developing cells"

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Daughter cell

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"The cells that result from the reproductive division of one cell during mitosis or meiosis."

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Checkpoint

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"A point in the eukaryotic cell cycle at which the cycle may continue if specific conditions"

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Prophase

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"the first stage of cell division, before metaphase, during which the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears"

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Metaphase

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"the second stage of cell division, between prophase and anaphase, during which the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers."

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Anaphase

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"the stage of meiotic or mitotic cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle."

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Telophase

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the final phase of cell division, between anaphase and interphase, in which the chromatids or chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed.

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Cytokinesis

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the cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis, bringing about the separation into two daughter cells.

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Cell plate

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plate that develops at the midpoint between the two groups of chromosomes in a dividing cell and that is involved in forming the wall between the two new daughter cells