MITOSIS
Cell Division: involves the division of nuclear materials and the sharing of the
cytoplasm, which includes the organelles.
Mitosis: the process of dividing nuclear material.
Phases of Mitosis
1. INTERPHASE:
 cell grows and prepares itself for cell
division by duplicating its genetic material.
2. PROPHASE
 Chromosomes made up of two identical
strands of genetic information, shorten
and thicken.
 Nuclear membrane begins to fade, it is
dissolving.
3. METAPHASE
 Doubled stranded chromosomes line up
in the middle of the cell.
4. ANAPHASE
 Each chromosome splits
 The two halves move to opposite poles
of the cell.
 Each daughter cell will get a complete set
of genetic information.
5. TELOPHASE
 Chromosomes reach opposite poles of the
cell and a nuclear membrane begins to form
around each set.
 Cytokinesis begins (separation of cytoplasm and
its contents into equal parts).
 Two daughter cells are formed.
6. INTERPHASE
 Daughter cells begin growth and duplication of genetic material.