vocabulary for cells, cell division, etc.
The structure produced when protein fibers radiate from centrioles/centrosomes
spindle apparatus
In a chromosome pair connected by a centromere, what is each individual chromosome called?
sister chromatid
Proteins that are involved in the regulation of the cell cycle, and that show fluctuations in concentration during the cell cycle
cyclins
A protein structure that forms on the chromatid during cell division to allow it to attach where the spindle fibers on a chromosome
kinetochore
a specific DNA region on a chromosome where the sister chromatids attach
centromere
Where do the microtubules of the spindle originate during mitosis in both plant and animal cells
centrosome
which organisms do not reproduce cells using mitosis and cytokinesis?
bacterium
ploidy for a diploid
2n = x
ploidy for a haploid
n = x