Cell Division: Mitosis
What is the order of the cell cycle?
Interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis.
Define chromosomes:
a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes
Define mitosis:
nuclear division plus cytokinesis, and produces two identical daughter cells during prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
Define cytokinesis:
the cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis, bringing about the separation into two daughter cells
Define cell division:
the division of a cell into two daughter cells with the same genetic material
Define telophase:
the final phase of cell division, between anaphase and interphase, in which the chromatids or chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed
Define prophase:
the first stage of cell division, before metaphase, during which the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears
Define interphase:
the resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell
Define metaphase:
the second stage of cell division, between prophase and anaphase, during which the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers
Define anaphase:
the stage of mitotic cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle