Mitosis

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What is Mitosis?

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Mitosis is the process of cell division that results in two genetically identical daughter cells from a single parent cell.

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What happens to the amount of DNA in the nucleus just before the beginning of mitosis?

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The amount of DNA is doubled so that the two new cells each have the same original amount.

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What is the correct order of the cell cycle?

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Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis.

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What are the phases of Mitosis?

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Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase.

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During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up along the middle of the dividing cell?

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Metaphase.

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What occurs during Prophase?

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Chromatin condenses into visible chromosomes, the nuclear envelope breaks down, and spindle fibers begin to form.

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What occurs during Metaphase?

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Chromosomes align at the cell's equatorial plane, and spindle fibers attach to the centromeres.

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What occurs during Anaphase?

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Sister chromatids are pulled apart to opposite poles of the cell.

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What occurs during Telophase?

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Chromatids reach the poles, the nuclear envelope re-forms, and chromosomes begin to de-condense.

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What is Cytokinesis?

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Cytokinesis is the process that follows mitosis, where the cytoplasm divides, resulting in two separate cells.