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.