Student Worksheet 3.2C
Crossword Puzzle — Cell Division
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1 Making an identical organism
3 A single strand of a chromosome that
remains joined by a centromere
7 Asexual cell division
9 Mitosis phase in which daughter cells
reorganize
10 Chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate during this phase
12 Early stage of development
13 Disease characterized by uncontrolled
cell division
14 These fibers guide chromosomes
1 Holds chromatids together
2 Reproduces by budding
3 Structure anchors spindle fibers in
animal cells
4 Describes a nucleus that can bring a cell
from egg to adult
5 A phase in which chromosomes move
to opposite poles
6 Single-stranded chromosomes become
double-stranded
8 A cancer cell moves
11 First true phase of mitosis
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