MITOSIS

Interphase—period of cell growth and development

• DNA replication (copying) occurs during Interphase
• During Interphase the cell also grows, carries out normal cell
activities, replicates all other organelles
• The cell spends most of its life cycle in Interphase
MITOSIS
Mitosis is cell division which
begins in the fertilized egg (or
zygote) stage and continues
during the life of the organism in
one way or another. Each diploid
(2n) daughter cell is genetically
identical to the diploid (2n)
parent cell.
Mitosis occurs in all the somatic (body) cells. Why does
mitosis occur?
PMAT

Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase

(Middle) (Apart) (Two)
PROPHASE

Chromosomes coil up

Nuclear envelope disappears

Spindle fibers form

METAPHASE-(MIDDLE)

Chromosomes line up in middle of cell

Spindle fibers connect to

chromosomes
ANAPHASE-(APART)

Chromosome copies divide

Spindle fibers pull

chromosomes to opposite
poles
TELOPHASE-(TWO)
Chromosomes uncoil

Nuclear envelopes form

2 new nuclei are formed

Spindle fibers disappear

CYTOKENESIS
Cytokinesis — the division of the rest of the cell (cytoplasm and
organelles) after the nucleus divides.

In animal cells the cytoplasm

pinches in →
In plant cells a cell plate forms →
Summary: Cell Cycle

Interphase Mitosis (PMAT) Cytokinesis

• When cells become old or damaged, they die and are replaced
with new cells
 Phase Chromosome Appearance & Location Important Events

DNA replication, cell grows and

Interphase DNA copies itself; chromatin
replicates organelles

Nuclear envelope disappears,

Prophase Chromosomes coil up
spindle fibers form

Spindle fibers connect to

Metaphase Chromosomes line up in the middle
chromosomes

Chromosome copies divide and move Spindle fibers pull chromosome

Anaphase apart copies apart to opposite poles

Nuclear envelopes reform, 2 new

Telophase Chromosomes uncoil back into chromatin nuclei are formed, spindle fibers
disappear

Division of the rest of the cell:

Cytokinesis Chromatin cytoplasm and organelles
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