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Cell Division
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complex process that faithfully passes along the genome from one generation to the next
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Genome
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total hereditary endowment of a species
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Binary fission
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asexual; division in half
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Somatic cell
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body cell
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Chromosomes
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threadlike structures in eukaryotic nuclei that are composed of DNA and protein
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Chromatin
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DNA-protein complex
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Centromere
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specialized region of the chromosome that holds two chromatids together
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Centriole
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organelles important in cell division; animal cells only
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Cell Cycle
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cell division cycle alternating between M phase and interphase
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M Phase
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the shortest part of the cell cycle; phase during which the cell divides
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Mitosis
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nuclear division during which duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed into two daughter nuclei
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Cytokinesis
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cytoplasmic division that forms two separate daughter cells
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Interphase
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nondividing phase which is about 90% of the cell cycle and includes most of a cell's growth and metabolic activities
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S Phase
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synthesis phase when DNA is duplicated
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G1 Phase
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first growth phase
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G2 Phase
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second growth phase
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Centrosome
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microtubule organizing center
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Cleavage
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animal cytokinesis
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Cell Plate
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forms across the midline of the old metaphase plate in plant cells
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Transformation
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the conversion of eukaryotic cells in tissue culture to a condition of unregulated growth
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