4.2

• fragmentation?


  A method of asexual reproduction in which a piece or body fragment of the parent organism develops into a mature individual
• Mitosis?


  The process by which a eukaryotic cell divides the genetic material in its nucleus into two new identical nuclei
• Interphase?


  The portion of the cell cycle between mitotic divisions when the genetic material (In the form of chromatin) is duplicated
• Chromatin?


  The tangled strands of DNA and protein within a eukaryotic nucleus
• sister chromatid?


  the identical copy of a single chromosome that remains attached to the original chromosome at the centromere
• cytokinesis?


  the process in which a eukaryotic cell divides its cytoplasm into two new daughter cells
• cloning?


  the process of producing one individual that is genetically identical to another, using a single cell or tissue
• biotechnology?


  the use and modifi cation of organisms for applications in engineering, industry, and medicine
• genetically modified organism?


  an organism in which the genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques