Mitosis

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 6. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (plural) (8)
  2. 8. Center of an atom or a cell (7)
  3. 9. To reproduce or make an exact copy of (9)
  4. 10. A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids (10)
  5. 12. State of being disconnected (11)
  6. 14. The first stage of mitosis (8)
  7. 15. Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes (7)

Down

  1. 1. Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit (7)
  2. 2. The stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle (8)
  3. 3. To get lost, as without warning or explanation (9)
  4. 4. The second stage of mitosis (9)
  5. 5. Organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis (11)
  6. 7. Being the exact same one (9)
  7. 11. The final stage of mitosis (9)
  8. 12. To make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation (plural) (8)
  9. 13. To pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute (plural) (5)