Mitosis Flashcards

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4 phases of mitosis

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Prophase. Metaphase. Anaphase. Telophase.

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Process by which the nucleus divides (each nucleus will have set of single stranded chromosomes).

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Mitosis

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Chromosomes become visible

Centrioles appear & start to move towards the poles.

Spine fibers form between centrioles

Nucleus disappears ( PRO= before/ start off)

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Prophase

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Sister chromatids attach to spindle fibers by their centromeres

They line up on equator

Centrioles are at each pole of cell

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Metaphase (META= middle)

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Sister chromatids are pulled apart

Sone stranded chromosomes move to opposite ends of cell

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Anaphase! (ANA= apart)

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Nuclear envelope re-forms around chromosomes on each end of the cell

Mitosis ends with two nuclei with the correct number of single stranded chromosomes

Cell can now divide in two through cytokinesis

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Telophase (TELO= far, complete)

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