Describe the five stages of mitosis

      

Describe the five stages of mitosis

  

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Eric
1. Interphase
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- replication of organelles
- duplication of DNA
- production of energy (ATP) for cell division
2. Prophase
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- stage of dehydration
- chromosomes shorten and thicken
-chromosome replicates into two chromatids
-chromatids joined at centromere
-formation of spindle fibers

3.Metaphase
chromosomes move to equator (early metaphase)
? chromosomes line up at the equator
? homologous chromosomes do not associate
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4.Anaphase
? chromatids separate
? move to opposite ends (poles) of the cell


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5.Telophase
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chromatids reach the poles
? formation of two daughter cells occurs i.e. cytoplasmic division









ericmunguti answered the question on October 5, 2018 at 05:04


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