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- Cell division
- the process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
- chromatids
- two identical parts a chromosome consists of
- centromere
- area where chromatids are attached
- interphase
- in between period of growth
- cell cycle
- series of ecents that cells go through as they grow and divide
- mitosis
- division of cell nucleus
- prophase
- centrioles seperate and take up position, chromosomes become visible in this first stage of mitosis (longest)
- centrioles
- two tiny structures in cytoplasm
- spindle
- helps seperate chromosomes
- metaphase
- chromosomes line up, microtubules connect the centromere of each chromosome to poles of the spindle
- anaphase
- chromatids seperate into individual chromosomes
- telophase
- last stage, chromosomes become distinct, nuclear envelope reforms
- cytokinesis
- division of cytoplasm