Cell Cycle Vocab

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Events in the life of a cell that results in growth, duplication of DNA in order to produce new cells

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cell cycle

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Phase of cell growth prior to cell division

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G1

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Phase for DNA synthesis

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S

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Cell goes through growth phase; DNA copy is checked for mistakes more cytoplasm and organelles are made

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G2

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Cells that carry out normal functions but do not divide and remove themselves from the cell cycle.

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G0

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Part of the cell cycle that includes G phases and S phase

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interphase

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Part of the cell cycle where cell divides its identical copied DNA to make 2 identical diploid cells; includes prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase

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mitosis

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Phase in which replicated chromosomes condense; nuclear envelope breaks down; mitotic spindles begin to form

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prophase

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Phase in which the spindle attaches to chromosomes aligning them in the middle on the equator.

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metaphase

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Phase in which sister chromatids are pulled apart by spindle microtubules; 2 sets of daughter chromosomes created

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anaphase