Cell Cycle

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Interphase

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Interphase is the phase of the cell cycle in which a typical cell spends most of its life. During this phase, the cell copies its DNA in preparation for mitosis.

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Mitosis

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A. The purpose of mitosis is cell division making two cells out of one

B. The DNA is replicated in Interphase (during the s phase). At the end of DNA replication, the cell contains 2 identical sets of DNA.

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Prophase

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the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic celldivision, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands ofchromatin form into chromosomes.

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Metaphase

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1. Chromosomes line up across the center of the cell

2. Each chromosome attaches to a spindle fiber at its centromere

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Anaphase

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1. Centromeres that join the sister chrmatids split

2. Sister chromatids seperate becoming indvuidual chromosomes

3. Seperated chromatids move to opposite sides of the cell.

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Telophase

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1. Chromosomes each consisting of a single chromatid begin to lose their rod like appearances. They are becoming chromatin again.

2. A new nuclear envolope forms nucleus around at each side of the cell.

3. Spindle fibers break down and disolve

4. cytokinesis begins

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Cytokinesis

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Cytokinesis is the physical process of cell division, which divides the cytoplasm of a parental cell into two daughter cells. It occurs concurrently with two types of nuclear division called mitosis and meiosis, which occur in animal cells.