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⩥ cell cycle.
Answer: series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
⩥ Interphase.
Answer: period of the cell cycle between cell divisions
⩥ parent cell.
Answer: original cell before cell division
⩥ Mitosis.
Answer: cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing
the same number of chromosomes
⩥ Cytokinesis.
Answer: Division of the cytoplasm during cell division
⩥ daughter cell.
Answer: a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell
,⩥ Histone.
Answer: protein molecule around which DNA is tightly coiled in
chromatin
⩥ Chromosome Condensation.
Answer: Folding up of the chromosomes prevents transcription
⩥ Centromere.
Answer: Area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached
⩥ Diploid.
Answer: containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each
parent.
⩥ Homologous.
Answer: Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the
same structure
⩥ Allele.
Answer: An alternative form of a gene.
⩥ Haploid.
, Answer: An organism or cell having only one complete set of
chromosomes.
⩥ Centromere.
Answer: Region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids
attach
⩥ somatic cell.
Answer: Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive
cells.
⩥ Meiosis.
Answer: Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually
reproducing organisms
⩥ germ cell.
Answer: a reproductive cell
⩥ Gamete.
Answer: Specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction
⩥ Zygote.
Answer: Fertilized egg