Stages Of Mitosis Flashcards
What is the acronym for the name of the stages of mitosis?
What does the acronym spell out?
IPMAT
Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase
What is the acronym for what IPMAT does?
What does the acronym spell out?
The acronym is DCASP
Duplicate Coil Align Separate Pinch or Partition
What is happens in interphase?
What does the picture look like?
Duplicate
Duplicate the DNA
The pictures are first a box around the nucleus with many loose chromatin.
The second picture is a box around the nucleus with twice as many loose chromatin.
What happens in Prophase?
What does the picture look like?
Coil
Coil chromatin to form chromosomes to conveniently carry
The picture is a box around a nucleus with half as many as the double chromatin. It forms chromosomes which are tight DNA.
What happens in Metaphase?
What is the picture?
Align
Align chromosomes along the axis
The picture is a box around the nucleus with two chromosomes parallel vertically to each other.
What happens in Anaphase?
What is the picture?
Separate
Separate stuff to two sides of the cell
The picture is a box with the nucleus with dotted circle containing chromosomes on separate sides of the cell.
What happens in Telophase?
What is the picture?
Pinch or Partition
Pinch or Partition to produce two identical cells.
The first picture is a box with a nucleus with loose chromatin. The second picture is a box with a nucleus with tight chromosomes, the two cells are identical.
