Progress through mitosis is traditionally divided into stages that were defined over 100 years ago from analyses of fixed material from higher plants and animals. However, this terminology often ...

Interphase The cell spends most of its life in this phase. The DNA in chromosomes copies itself ready for mitosis. Prophase The DNA in chromosomes and their copies condenses to become more visible.

This activity has been carefully designed to help you see and understand exactly what’s happening during each stage of mitosis. Mitosis will produce two daughter cells which are genetically ...

It also touches on the implications of mitosis in healing and the potential consequences of its disruption, such as cancer or damage from radiation. Keywords mitosis, cell division, chromosomes, DNA, ...

This solution is called meiosis. Mitosis describes the process by which the nucleus of a cell divides to create two new nuclei, each containing an identical copy of DNA. (Cytokinesis describes the ...