Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

• Cell cycle


  A process in which cells divide to produce two genetically identical daughter cells for growth, repair and asexual reproduction
• Mitosis does not give rise to genetic variation as all the cells produced are genetically identical
• Stages of the cell cycle

  1. Mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

  2. Cytokinesis: cytoplasm divides, producing two daughter cells

  3. Interphase: G1 - cell grows & DNA replicates, S - chromosomes replicate and condense to form chromatin, G2 - cell prepares to divide and replicates organelles for a full set in each new