Cell Division

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A petri dish and a covered glass slide sit on a laboratory bench beside a microscope.

A	D	O	S	R	E	C	T	C	J	O	E
H	N	R	P	I	F	H	A	Y	Y	X	M
A	H	G	I	T	Y	R	M	T	P	O	I
P	A	I	N	O	N	O	P	O	A	N	T
L	U	T	D	S	I	M	K	K	G	Q	O
O	Q	H	L	C	E	A	S	I	I	K	S
I	X	E	E	W	J	T	B	N	E	O	I
D	M	E	I	O	S	I	S	E	Z	M	S
G	A	M	E	T	E	D	I	S	S	L	H
R	E	P	L	I	C	A	T	I	O	N	N
H	O	C	H	R	O	M	O	S	O	M	E
N	Z	V	L	P	R	O	P	H	A	S	E

CHROMATID
CHROMOSOME
CYTOKINESIS
GAMETE
HAPLOID
MEIOSIS
MITOSIS
PROPHASE
REPLICATION
SPINDLE

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A cell copies every chromosome before it divides. Mitosis splits those chromatids apart for growth and repair, while meiosis halves the set into a haploid gamete instead. The spindle pulling copies to opposite poles is what fails when division goes wrong.

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A	D	O	S	R	E	C	T	C	J	O	E
H	N	R	P	I	F	H	A	Y	Y	X	M
A	H	G	I	T	Y	R	M	T	P	O	I
P	A	I	N	O	N	O	P	O	A	N	T
L	U	T	D	S	I	M	K	K	G	Q	O
O	Q	H	L	C	E	A	S	I	I	K	S
I	X	E	E	W	J	T	B	N	E	O	I
D	M	E	I	O	S	I	S	E	Z	M	S
G	A	M	E	T	E	D	I	S	S	L	H
R	E	P	L	I	C	A	T	I	O	N	N
H	O	C	H	R	O	M	O	S	O	M	E
N	Z	V	L	P	R	O	P	H	A	S	E

A	D	O	S	R	E	C	T	C	J	O	E
H	N	R	P	I	F	H	A	Y	Y	X	M
A	H	G	I	T	Y	R	M	T	P	O	I
P	A	I	N	O	N	O	P	O	A	N	T
L	U	T	D	S	I	M	K	K	G	Q	O
O	Q	H	L	C	E	A	S	I	I	K	S
I	X	E	E	W	J	T	B	N	E	O	I
D	M	E	I	O	S	I	S	E	Z	M	S
G	A	M	E	T	E	D	I	S	S	L	H
R	E	P	L	I	C	A	T	I	O	N	N
H	O	C	H	R	O	M	O	S	O	M	E
N	Z	V	L	P	R	O	P	H	A	S	E

Cell Division

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P	A	I	N	O	N	O	P	O	A	N	T
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