Chapter 8 Vocab

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Material in cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell that gives rise to microtubules; also called microtubule-organizing center.

First stage of mitosis, during which chromatin condenses to form structures visible with a light microscope and mitotic spindle begins to form, but nucleus is still intact.

Fourth stage of mitosis, beginning when sister chromatids separate from each other and ending when a complete set of daughter chromosomes arrives at each of two poles of the cell.

Creation of genetically identical offspring by a single parent, without participation of sperm and egg.

Second stage of mitosis, during which nuclear envelope fragments and spindle microtubules attach to kinteochores of sister chromatids.

Region of a duplicated chromosome where two sister chromatids are joined.

Fifth and final stage of mitosis, during which daughter nuclei form at the two poles of a cell.

The reproduction of a cell through duplication of the genome and division of cytoplasm.