Substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones

Disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth

Part of eukaryotic cell division during which the nucleus divides

Division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells

Type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism

Process of programmed cell death

Phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin

Process in which cells become specialized in structure and function

Mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue

First and longest phase of mitosis in which the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the chromosomes become visible

Process of reproduction involving a single parent that results in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent

Series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells

Region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach

One of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome

Phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell

Threadlike structure of DNA and protein that contains genetic information; in eukaryotes, they are found in the nucleus; in prokaryotes, they are found in the cytoplasm