cell division 🧫

• Interphase in mitosis is when the cell gets ready for cell division by duplicating DNA, producing new organelles and getting bigger
• Prophase in mitosis is when genetic material condenses into X-shaped structures called chromosomes. Centrosomes send out threads called the "mitotic spindle" to opposite ends of the cell.
• metaphase in mitosis is when the "mitotic spindle" attaches to centromeres and lines up the chromosomes along the cell equator
• anaphase in mitosis is where sister chromatids are pulled apart by the mitotic spindles towards opposite poles of the cell
• telophase in mitosis is where 2 nuclear membranes form around the separated sets of chromosomes at either end of the cell. The chromosomes in each set turn into threads again.
• Cytokinesis in mitosis is where the cytoplasm divides to create two identical daughter cells.