Cell that contains chromosomes
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GAMETECell that contains chromosomes
nucleoidthe central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane
eukaryoteany organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, a membrane-bound nucleus enclosing genetic material organized into chromosomes, and an elaborate system of division by mitosis or mei
heterochromatindensely staining chromatin that appears as nodules in or along chromosomes and contains relatively few genes
endomitosisdivision of chromosomes not followed by nuclear division that results in an increased number of chromosomes in the cell
reductionsThe halving of the number of chromosomes per cell that occurs at one of the two anaphases of meiosis
reductionThe halving of the number of chromosomes per cell that occurs at one of the two anaphases of meiosis
endomitosesENDOMITOSIS, division of chromosomes not followed by nuclear division that results in an increased number of chromosomes in the cell
mitosesA type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth
plasmidsA genetic structure in a cell that can replicate independently of the chromosomes, typically a small circular DNA strand in the cytoplasm of a bacterium or protozoan. Plasmids are much used in the laboratory manipulation of genes
nucleuscellular organelle of eukaryotes that is essential to cell functions (as reproduction and protein synthesis), is composed of nucleoplasm and a nucleoprotein-rich network from which chromosomes and nucleoli arise, and is enclosed in a definite membrane see cell illustration
mitosisa process that takes place in the nucleus of a dividing cell, involves typically a series of steps consisting of prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, and results in the formation of two new nuclei each having the same number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus compare meiosis
chromatophoresA cell or plastid that contains pigment
chromatophoreA cell or plastid that contains pigment
laticifera plant cell or vessel that contains latex
laticifersA cell, tissue, or vessel that contains or conducts latex
heterokaryona cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei
heterokaryonsHETEROKARYON, a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei
centrosomeAn organelle near the nucleus of a cell that contains the centrioles (in animal cells) and from which the spindle fibers develop in cell division
centrosomesAn organelle near the nucleus of a cell that contains the centrioles (in animal cells) and from which the spindle fibers develop in cell division
nucleolia spherical body of the nucleus of most eukaryotes that becomes enlarged during protein synthesis, is associated with a nucleolus organizer, and contains the DNA templates for ribosomal RNA see cell illustration