Mitosis
Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Cytokinesis
A type of cell division in which the two daughter cells have the same number of chromosomes and are genetically identical with each other and the parent cell
Importance of mitosiis
Longest phase in the cell cycle
With much more metabolic activity
The newly formed cell grows and its organelles replicate
The DNA replicated so it’s quantity doubles
Proteins synthesize during interphase requiring ATP
Is the longest of the four phases in mitosis
The chromosome condenses, they coil together getting shorted and thicker. They become distinguishable
Centrioles are present in animal cells, the pairs seperate and move to the opposite ends (poles)
Micro tubules form, radiating from each centriole, making the spindle, spindle fibres extend from pole to pole
Towards the end the nuclear envelope disintergrates and the nucleolus disappears
Chromosomes attach to the spindle fibres at their centromeres
They align on the equator
The chromosomes spread out
Is a very rapid phase
The centromere seperates
Spindle fibres shorten
Pulling the now seperate chromatids to each pole
The final stage of mitosis
The chromatids have reached the poles of the cells and are referred to as chromosomes again
Chromosomes uncoil and lengthen
The spindle fibres breakdown
The nuclear envelope reforms
The nucleolous reappears
The division of the cytoplasm
To make two cells
Growth
Asexual reproduction