Vocabulary+for+Meiosis

Chromatid **:** each of the two threadlike strands into which a chromosome divides

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**Nucleus : A cell structure that contains nucleic acids, the chemical instructs that direct a cells's activity.**
  DNA : Deoxyribonucleic Acid; the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring. 
 *  Cell Division : When a cell divides to for new cells.**

== Mitosis **: The stage of the cell cycle in which the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei and and one copy of the DNA is distributed into each daughter cell.** ==
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**Cell cycle : The regular sequence of growth and division can enter or leave the cell.**


**Centromere : A celluar structure that holds together two DNA molecules**

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