Topic 2 - mitosis Flashcards

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what is mitosis

A

cell division and replication

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what is the order of the cell cycle

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Interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase,cytokinesis

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what is interphase

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cell grows and duplicates its DNA

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what is prophase

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chromosomes get shorter and fatter
nucleus breaks down
chromosomes lie free in cytoplasm

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what happens in metaphase

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chromosomes line up at the centre of the cell

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what is anaphase

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spindle fibres pull apart the chromosomes

two arms of each chromosomes go to opposite ends

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what is telophase

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membranes form becoming the nuclei

nucleus has divided

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what is cytokinesis

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BEFORE telophase ends, the cytoplasm and cell membrane divide to form two separate cells.

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