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Cell Division
Cell Division
Cell Division
• is an orderly
sequence of events
that describes the
stages of a cell's life
from the division of a
single parent cell to
the production of two
new daughter cells
Cell cycle clock
Nucleus-contains
collection of
proteins
2. S Phase (Synthesis)
> DNA replication can proceed through the
mechanism that result in the formation of
identical pairs of DNA molecules
>Centrosome is duplicated
> 2 Centrosomes will give rise to the mitotic
spindle
> Centrioles help organize cell division
3 phases of Interphase
Spindle fibers emerge from Kinetochores appear at the Chomosomes are lined up
the centrosomes centromeres in the metaphase plate
Non-kinetochore spindle
The mitotic spindle breaks
fibers lengthen, elongating
down
the cell
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