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vocabulary gene. |
the most basic physical unit of heredity , a seg ment of nucleic acids that codes for a functional unit of rna and / or a protein . |
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chromosome. |
in a eukaryotic cell , one of the structures in the nucleos that are made up of dna and protein ,in a prokaryote cell the main ring of dna . |
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chromatin. |
the substance that composes eukaryotic chromosomes , It consistsof espesific proteins , dna and small amounts of rna |
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chromatid. |
one of the two strands of a chromosome that become visible during meosis or mitosis. |
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centromere |
the region of the chromosome that holds the two sister chromatids together during mitosis . |
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cell cycle . |
the life cycle of a cell ,in eukaryotes ,it consists of a cell growth period in which dna is synthesized and a cell division period in which mitosis takes place . |
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interphase. |
the period of the cell cycle during which activities such as cell growth and protein synthesis occur without bisible signs of cell division. |
