| Term | Definition |
|---|
| gene map | diagram showing the relative locations of each known gene on a particular chromosome |
| tetrad | structure containing four chromatids that forms during meiosis |
| crossing-over | process in which homologous chromosones exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis |
| homologous | term used to refer to chromosomes that have corrosponding chromosomes from the opposite sex parent |
| diploid | term use to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes |
| haploid | term used to refer to a cell that has only a sinlge set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes |
| cyclin | one of a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells |
| cancer | disorder in which some of he body's own cells lose the ability to control growth |
| centriole | one of two tiny structure located in the cytoplasm of an animal cell near the nuclear envlope |
| spindle | fanlike microtubule structure that helps seperate the chromosomes during mitosis |
| chromatid | one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome |
| centromere | area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached |
| cell division | the process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells |
| mitosis | part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides |
| meiosis | the process of reducing the number of chromosomes in a cell by one half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell |
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