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Part 3: The Continuity of Life How Cells Divide Review
  1. Prokaryotes reproduce by DNA followed by fission, producing two daughter cells that are genetically to the parent cell.
     
     
     
     
  2. Adult eukaryotic cells are : the DNA is packaged into pairs of called , one chromosome on each pair is inherited from each parent.
     
     
     
     
  3. Each chromosome may consist of sister attached by a .
     
     
     
     
  4. In the nucleus, the chromosomes are composed of , a coiled complex of DNA and proteins.
     
     
     
     
  5. There are two type of eukaryotic cell division: asexual , which occurs in diploid (non-reproductive) cells, and sexual , which occurs in diploid (reproductive) cells and results in the production of haploid .
     
     
     
     
  6. Mitosis is part of a cell , where cell growth and DNA occurs during an .
     
     
     
     
  7. Cell division takes place in two steps: nuclear division occurs during (karyokinesis) and cytoplasmic division occurs during .
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  8. In sexually reproducing organisms, cells in organs called produce haploid .
     
     
     
     
  9. When the gametes fuse during , a diploid is produced. which can undergo to become a multicellular offspring.
     
     
     
     
  10. Meiosis involves two cell divisions, each containing a , , , and .
     
     
     
     
  11. Two unique features of meiosis are and division.
     
     
     
     
    Mitosis and meiosis comparison.
     
     
     
     
  12. Another consequence of meiosis and the reproduction is increased genetic .
     
     
     
     
     
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
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