Key Terms Instructions: Please Define the Following Key Terms

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Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
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Definitions:

Centrioles

Cylindrical structures found in most eukaryotic cells, involved in the organization of the mitotic spindle and in the completion of cytokinesis.

Mitosis

The process of cell division that results in two genetically identical daughter cells from a single parent cell, ensuring equal distribution of chromosomes.

Meiosis

A process of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four haploid cells, each genetically distinct.

Endosymbiotic Theory

A theory suggesting that some organelles, such as mitochondria and chloroplasts, were originally free-living bacteria that were taken inside another cell.