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What are the 8 stages of mitosis in order?
Interphase. Before entering mitosis,a cell spends a period of its growth under interphase.
What is the first step in mitosis?
Prophase is the first stage of mitosis. In prophase, chromosomes condense and become visible. spindle fibers emerge from the centrosomes. nuclear envelope breaks down.
What is a real life example of mitosis?
Mitosis is the process of dividing a cell and its nucleus into two cells which each have their own nucleus. An example of mitosis is the way the skin cells covering a child’s body all multiply while they are growing.
What is the correct order of mitosis?
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase is the correct order for the steps of mitosis.
What is the cell cycle for mitosis?
Mitosis is the phase of the cell cycle where chromosomes in the nucleus are evenly divided between two cells . When the cell division process is complete, two daughter cells with identical genetic material are produced. Before a dividing cell enters mitosis, it undergoes a period of growth called interphase.
What are the cells called after mitosis?
Cells that undergoes mitosis are called somatic cells. A daughter cell is identical to the parent cell after undergoing mitosis. The n value of the cells made by mitosis is 2n.
Why do cells undergo mitosis and meiosis?
Mitosis leads to the formation of two cells identical to the mother cell and to each other, while meiosis leads to the formation of for cells having half the number of chromosomes of the mother cell. Explanation: Mitosis is used to grow new tissues an repair the wounded ones.
What happens in each phase of mitosis?
Mitosis and Cytokinesis. During mitosis, when the nucleus divides, the two chromatids that make up each chromosome separate from each other and move to opposite poles of the cell. Mitosis actually occurs in four phases. The phases are called prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
What are all the phases of mitosis?
Mitosis consists of four basic phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Some textbooks list five, breaking prophase into an early phase (called prophase) and a late phase (called prometaphase).