Mitosis

Division of the cells nucleus

5% of the cells life cycle

• Prophase

• Interphase

• Mitosis

• Anaphase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

95% of the cells life cycle

Stage where DNA is copied

• Interphase

• Metaphase

• Telophase

• Prophase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Nuclear membrane disappears

Chromosomes can now be seen

Centrioles move to opposite sides

• Metaphase

• Interphase

• Telophase

• Prophase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Chromosomes line up at the equator of the cell

Spindle fibers extend from the centrioles to the middle of the chromosomes

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Interphase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Chromatids separate

• Anaphase

• Metaphase

• Prophase

• Telophase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Nuclear membrane reforms around the new daughter cells.

Cytoplasm begins to "pinch" in.

• Anaphase

• Metaphase

• Telophase

• Interphase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Two replicated cells split from each other and are able to move on their own.

• Metaphase

• Prophase

• Cytokinesis

• Telophase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Programed cell death

• Chromosome

• Metaphase

• Interphase

• Apoptosis

Identical copies of chromosomes

• Chromosome

• Chromatid

• Centriole

• Centromere

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

The middle of a chromosome

• Centriole

• Cytokinesis

• Centromere

• Chromatid