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Anaphase
The phase of mitosis and meiosis in which each kinetochore fiber pulls toward the originating centrosome and divides the sister chromatids (in mitosis and meiosis-ll) or divides the homologous pair (in meiosis-1)
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Apoptosis
The programmed cell death during which cell membrane makes blebs which break from the cell and are phagocytosed by other cells
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Cell cycle
The series of events from the time a cell is produced until it completes mitosis" and produces new cells
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Chiasmata
The complexes formed between the non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes during meiosis
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Crossing over
The exchange of segments between the non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes during meiosis
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GO phase
The phase of the cell cycle in which a cell remains quiescent and does not divide or prepare for division
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G1 phase
The phase of interphase in which the cell increases its supply of proteins makes new organelles, grows in size, and makes enzymes for the next phase
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G 2 phase
The phase of interphase in which the cell prepares proteins for the production of spindle fibers
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Homologous chromosomes
Morphologically similar chromosomes with genes for the same characters
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Chromosomes
One of the rod-shaped bodies found in the nucleus of cells contains genetic information (DNA)
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Kinetochore
The complex made of proteins that is attached with the centromere of the chromosomes
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Malignant
Not benign: (For tumors) which break from the site of their production and invade other tissues
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Metaphase
The phase of cell division in which two kinetochore spindles from opposite sides attach with each chromosome in mitosis and meiosis-Il) or with homologous pair (in meiosis-1) and metaphase plate is formed
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Mitosis
The cell division in which each two daughter cells has the same number of chromosomes as were present in the parent cell
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Non-sister chromatids
Non-sister chromatids are different and are located on different chromosomes.
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Prophase
In the first phase of mitosis in meiosis which the chromatin condenses and spindles are formed, crossing over occurs during the prophase of meiosis-1
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S phase
The phase-in interphase during which the chromosomes are duplicated i.e. new chromatids are formed
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Telophase
The last phase of karyokinesis during which nuclear envelopes is reformed and chromosomes uncoil to form chromatin
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Metaphase plate
The arrangement of chromosomes on spindle fibres along the equator of the cell
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Open mitosis
The mitosis in which the spindle fibers are formed outside the nuclear envelope
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