4-3 Cell Cycle Flashcards
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Mitosis
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One copy of DNA goes to each of the two new daughter cells; has four parts
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Interphase
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Cell grows to mature size, does normal life processes, copies its organelles & chromosomes; prepares to divide.
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Prophase
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Chromosomes condense from long strands (chromatin) into rod like structures; spindle fibers form between the centrioles; nuclear membrane breaks down.
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Metaphase
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Paired chromatids (chromosomes) line up along the center of the cell and attach by their centromeres to spindle fibers. Nuclear membrane dissolves.
