Stages of Mitosis
The final stage of cell division when the cell finally splits.
What is Cytokinesis?
Stage in the cell cycle in which a cell grows replicates its DNA, and prepares for division.
What is interphase?
Stage that takes up 90% of the cell cycle
What is Interphase
The organelle responsible for the formation of spindle fibers for chromosome separation
What are centrioles?
3rd stage of mitosis in which chromosomes separate and are pulled to opposite ends of the cell by the spindle fibers.
The final stage of interphase in which the cell prepares for division. Like a "checklist" stage
The acronym we use for the cell cycle and what each letter stands for
What is IPMAT: (Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase?)
One of two identical halves of a chromosome that has been replicated in preparation for cell division.
What is a Chromatid?
The first stage of mitosis, where the chromosomes inside a cell condense and become visible, the nuclear membrane breaks down, and the mitotic spindle begins to form
What is Prophase?
The first part of the Interphase in which the cell grows and prepares for DNA replication
A series of stages where a cell grows, replicates its DNA, and divides into two new daughter cells, consisting of two main phases: interphase and the mitotic phase
What is the Cell Cycle
The part of a chromosome that spindle fibers attach to. This part also links pairs of sister chromatids
What is a centromere?
Stage of mitosis in which the nucleus dissolves and chromosomes condense to align in the middle of the cell
What is metaphase?
The phase in which DNA is copyied to prepare for Mitosis
What is S phase/DNA Synthesis/Replication?
5 main stages within the cell cycle (not including the stages of mitosis)
What are G0, G1, S, G2, and Interphase
What is chromatin
The final stage of mitosis in which the separated chromosomes move towards the far ends of the cell, a new nuclear membrane forms around each set of chromosomes, and the chromosomes begin to decondense, creating two distinct nuclei within the dividing cell
What is Telophase?
The stage after Mitosis that occasionally occurs in some cells, but in other cells, it never leaves this stage. Also known as the resting stage where a cell neither divides nor prepares to divide
G0/Resting stage
Reasons for the cell cycle
It allows for growth, development, repair of damaged tissues, and reproduction in single-celled organisms
Organelle that contains the DNA that is replicated and divided during mitosis
What is the nucleus?