stages of mitosis

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  • The cell cycle is the series of events that occur as cells grow, divide, and reproduce.
  • Mitosis is the process by which a cell divides to produce new cells, and is only performed by somatic cells, also known as body cells.
  • A cell will only begin mitosis if the conditions are correct and favorable for cell division.
  • Mitosis is important for cells as it is a part of the cell cycle, which is the process by which a cell divides, replicates its DNA, and then divides again.
  • The phases of mitosis can be enumerated and described.
  • Haploid and diploid chromosome counts can be differentiated.
  • Cell cycle checkpoints check for errors.
  • Interphase is the longest part of the cell cycle, divided into three stages.
  • The role of mitosis in the cell cycle is to divide the chromosomes and distribute them equally between the two daughter cells.
  • All human body cells are diploid except gametes which are haploid.
  • A cell proceeded to mitosis even though its genetic material was not duplicated in the S phase of interphase.
  • Mitosis is divided into multiple phases.
  • Each of the two daughter cells will inherit a nucleus, similar genetic material, organelles, and more after M phase.
  • Telophase ends when two nuclei are formed in the cell.
  • In Anaphase, the chromosomes move Away from each other.
  • If the daughter cells do not receive the necessary chromosomes from the parent cell, the cell division process will not proceed.
  • Spindle formation begins in prometaphase.
  • Cytokinesis is not a phase of mitosis but is closely related to it.
  • Chromosome condensation happens in prophase.
  • The phases of mitosis are prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
  • DNA is in the form of chromatin in interphase and it condenses into chromosomes during mitosis.
  • The number of chromosomes before and after mitosis is known as Ploidy in Mitosis.
  • Metaphase involves the alignment of the chromosomes in the metaphase plate.
  • In Telophase, the parent cell starts to form Two new cells.
  • Cytokinesis, after telophase, will divide the cell into two.
  • The sister chromatids move to the opposite poles of the cell in anaphase.
  • The stages of mitosis are Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, and Cytokinesis.
  • In Prophase, the cell’s genetic material resembles Polka dots or strings.
  • Each phase of mitosis performs a crucial role that contributes to the process of cell division.
  • The events of mitosis can be sequenced based on when they happen in the cell, starting from the interphase.
  • In Metaphase, the chromosomes Migrate to the Middle of the cell.
  • The phases of mitosis include the disintegration of the nucleolus, condensation of chromatin into chromosomes, formation of the mitotic spindle, movement of centrosomes to opposite poles, appearance of kinetochores at the centromeres, attachment of microtubules of the mitotic spindle to kinetochores of the chromosomes, alignment of chromosomes at the center of the cell, in the metaphase plate, separation of chromatids, decondensation of daughter chromatids, and formation of the cleavage furrow in animals or the cell plate in plants.