mitosis

• the reason why cells divide is for growth and repair in the human body
• mitosis is the name given for making new cells

  • genetically identical to the original cell
  • only one cell is needed to make new cells
  • known as asexual reproduction
• steps of mitosis

  1. parent cell
  2. chromosomes make identical copies of themselves
  3. chromosomes line up along the centre
  4. they move apart
  5. two daughter cells form with identical chromosomes to the parent cell