Stages of Mitosis
what is the acronym to remember the stages of mitosis?
PMAT
about what percentage is a cell in Interphase compared to Mitosis?
90%
What is Cytokinesis?
The division of the cytoplasm
In which stage do the chromosomes aline in the middle of the cell?
Metaphase
What happens in Interphase?
The cell grows, the DNA replicates
what are the things that are produced in cytokinesis called?
daughter cells
What stage comes after Anaphase?
Telophase
Where does DNA replication occur?
In the nucleus
In-plant cells a cell plate forms in between the divided nuclei then a cell wall appears from the cell plate, and in an animal cell, the cytoplasm is pinched in half when the cell membrane moves in.
In Telophase what starts to reform?
The nuclei
Why does the DNA need to replicate?
This is so that the cells have the same genetic information after Mitosis
What is the difference between Interphase and Cytokinesis?
Interphase is the growth stage and occurs before mitosis while cytokinesis is the stage where the cytoplasm splits and it occurs after mitosis.
what is the first stage of mitosis and what happens in it?
Prophase, and in this the nuclear envelope starts to disappear and the DNA condenses to chromosomes.
What can happen if the cell is not in Interphase 90% of the time?
The cell may not be fully grown and the DNA might not be completely replicated and that can cause a problem in Mitosis.
what would happen if cytokinesis occurred but mitosis did not?
The daughter cells would not have the same DNA