The Cell Cycle/Mitosis

Mitosis has four phases: Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.

Fruit fly daughter cells have 8 chromosomes after mitosis.

Cytokinesis is the process that results in the splitting (moving apart) of the new cells after mitosis.

The cell cycle ensures that our bodies grow and repair themselves.

DNA Replication means that DNA copies itself.

Interphase is the phase of the cell cycle where the cell prepares for mitosis by growing and replicating its DNA.

During Prophase, the chromatin condenses into visible chromosomes, and the nuclear envelope begins to break down.

During Metaphase, chromosomes line up at the cell's equator, and spindle fibers attach to their centromeres.

Anaphase is the phase where sister chromatids are pulled apart to opposite poles of the cell.

During Telophase, the chromosomes de-condense back into chromatin, and the nuclear envelope re-forms around each set of chromosomes.