Mitosis

• Mitosis


  The process by which a cell divides into two or more cells
• Body cells


  • Contain 23 pairs of chromosomes
• Gametes


  • Contain unpaired chromosomes
• Chromosomes


  Carry a large number of genes that determine many of our features
• Cell cycle including mitosis

  1. DNA replication

  2. Mitosis

  3. Cytoplasm and cell membrane division
• Mitosis copies one cell into two
• Functions of mitosis


  • Essential for growth and development of multicellular organisms
  • Repairs organisms
  • Occurs during asexual reproduction