Mitosis Cheat Sheet

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Mitosis Phases Interphase Telophase

1. Interphase Chromatin Telophase is the final stage in both meiosis and

2. Prophase Chromatin is a complex of macrom​ole​cules mitosis in a eukaryotic cell.
3. Promet​aphase
found in cells, consisting of DNA, protein
4. Metaphase Cleavage Furrow
and RNA. The primary functions of
5. Anaphase
chromatin are 1) to package DNA into a
In cell biology, the cleavage furrow is the
6. Telophase smaller volume to fit in the cell, 2) to
indent​ation of the cell's surface that begins the
7. Cytoki​nesis
reinforce the DNA macrom​olecule to allow
progre​ssion of cleavage, by which animal and
mitosis, 3) to prevent DNA damage, and 4)
some algal cells undergo cytoki​nesis, the final
Mitosis Definition to control gene expression and DNA
splitting of the membrane, in the process of cell
replic​ation.
Mitosis is the process, in the cell cycle, by division.
which the chromo​somes in the cell nucleus are Centro​somes
separated into two identical sets of Prophase
In cell biology, the centrosome is an
chromo​somes, each in its own nucleus.
organelle that serves as the main Chromo​somes
microt​ubule organizing center (MTOC) of the
Metaphase A chromosome is packaged and organized
animal cell as well as a regulator of cell-
chromatin, a complex of macrom​ole​cules
cycle progre​ssion.
Motor Proteins found in cells, consisting of DNA, protein
Motor proteins are a class of molecular and RNA.
motors that are able to move along the Cytoke​nesis
Chromatid
surface of a suitable substrate. Cytoki​nesis is the process in which the
A chromatid is one copy of a duplicated
cytoplasm of a single eukaryotic cell is divided
chromo​some, which is generally joined to
to form two daughter cells.
the other copy by a single centro​mere.

Anaphase Microt​ubules

Microt​ubules are a component of the

Anaphase is the stage of mitosis or meiosis
cytosk​eleton, found throughout the
when chromo​somes are split and the sister
cytoplasm.
chromatids move to opposite poles of the cell.

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