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Gene |
a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. |
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Chromosome |
a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells |
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Chromatin |
the material of which the chromosomes of organisms other than bacteria are composed. It consists of protein, RNA, and DNA. |
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Chromatid |
each of the two threadlike strands into which a chromosome divides longitudinally during cell division. Each contains a double helix of DNA. |
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Centromere |
the point on a chromosome by which it is attached to a spindle fiber during cell division. |
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Cell Cycle |
the series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication |
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Interphrase |
the resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions |
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Mitosis |
a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth. |
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Cytokinesis |
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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Spindle |
subcellular structure that segregates chromosomes between daughter cells during cell division subcellular structure that segregates chromosomes between daughter cells during cell division |
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Centromere |
the point on a chromosome by which it is attached to a spindle fiber during cell division. |
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Tumor |
a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue |
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Cancer |
the disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. |
