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Mitosis Flashcards

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Interphase

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Sub-cellular structures increase (mitochondria / ribosomes). DNA is duplicated. And then forms an X-shaped chromosome.

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Prophase

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Chromosomes condense.

Nucleus breaks down - chromosomes lie in cytoplasm

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Metaphase

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Chromosomes line up at equator of cell

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Anaphase

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Spindle fibres pull the chromosomes apart, in the opposite direction.

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Telophase

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Membranes form around the separated chromosomes, becoming the nuclei.

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Cytokinesis

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Cytoplasm and membrane divide to form 2 separate cells

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