Cell Cycle

• mitosis produces 2 daughter nuclei that have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell and each other
• mitosis division results in each of the daughter cells having an exact copy of the DNA of the parent cell
• interphase: stage that always proceeds mitosis when DNA is replicated
• prophase: the stage in which chromosomes become visible and the nuclear envelope disappears
• metaphase: the stage in which the chromosomes arrange themselves at the centre of the cell
• anaphase: the stage in which each of the 2 threads of a chromosome (chromatid) migrates to the opposite pole
• telophase: the stage in which the nuclear envelope reforms to produce 2 daughter cells
• cytokinesis: the stage in which division of cytoplasm into 2 daughter cells takes place