Mitosis

At the completion of mitosis when the cell divides, what name is given to the two new cells?

Daughter cells

What is mitosis?

Division of the Nucleus

What is the name of the stage a cell goes through just prior to mitosis?

Interphase

What structure is involved in moving chromosomes during mitosis?

Microtubules

You began life as a one-celled structure called a zygote. What process then took place over and over to build a body containing billions of cells?

Mitosis

What are two important events of prophase?

New nuclear membranes form around each of the two sets of chromosomes, and the cell divides into two daughter cells

In order, what are the four main stages of mitosis?

Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase

What is the main event of interphase?

The chromosomes in the nucleus of the cell make identical copies of themselves

What is the main event of metaphase?

The chromosomes move toward and line up along the equator of the cell

What is the main event of anaphase?

The micrtububles pull one set of chromosomes to one side of the cell and an identical set to the opposite side of the cell

What are two important events of telophase?

The nuclear membrane dissappears and the chromosomes become distinct