Stages of Mitosis

Interphase

- cell carries out usual functions
- DNA replicates
- cell prepare to divide

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Prophase

- chromosomes condense and become visible as a pair of sister chromatids
- nuclear membrane breaks down
- spindle fibres begin to form

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Metaphase

- chromosomes align at the equator of the cell
- each chromosome is attached to a spindle fibre by the centromere

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Anaphase

- spindle fibres contract
- centromeres split
- chromatids are pulled to apposite pole of the cell (centromere first)

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Telophase

- nuclear membranes reform around the groups of chromosomes
- chromosomes begin to uncoil
- spindle fibres break down

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Cytokinesis

- chromosomes no longer visible
- cytoplasm and organelles divided into two daughter cells
- each cell is now in interphase again

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- chromosomes condense and become visible as a pair of sister chromatids
- nuclear membrane breaks down
- spindle fibres begin to form

Prophase

- chromosomes align at the equator of the cell
- each chromosome is attached to a spindle fibre by the centromere

- spindle fibres contract
- centromeres split
- chromatids are pulled to apposite pole of the cell (centromere first)

- nuclear membranes reform around the groups of chromosomes
- chromosomes begin to uncoil
- spindle fibres break down

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