Chapter 5 Vocabulary : Cell Growth and Division

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Cell Cycle

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The regular pattern of growth, DNA duplication, and cell division that occurs in eukaryotic cells.

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Asexual Reproduction

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A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.

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Budding

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Asexual reproduction in which a part of the parent organism pinches off and forms a new organism.

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Vegetative Propagation

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Kind of asexual reproduction that uses parts of plants to grow new plants.

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Chromatin

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The complex of protein and DNA that makes up the chromosome.

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Histone

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Protein that organizes chromosomes and around which DNA wraps.

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Chromosome

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One long continuous thread of DNA that consists of numerous genes along with regulatory information.

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Binary Fission

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Type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells.

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Mitosis

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Division of the cell nucleus and its contents.

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G1 Phase

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First stage of interphase where cell grows and duplicates organelles.