Questions and Answers
What is cytokinesis?
Cytoplasmic division.
What is interphase?
Cell performing normal functions; longest phase.
What is mitosis?
Nuclear division.
What happens during metaphase?
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What is telophase?
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What happens to the nuclear membrane during prophase?
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Study Notes
Phases of the Cell Cycle
- Cytokinesis: Refers to the division of cytoplasm, resulting in two separate daughter cells.
- Interphase: Involves the cell carrying out regular functions and constitutes the longest phase of the cell cycle.
- Mitosis: Represents the process of nuclear division, critical for cell replication.
Mitosis Subphases
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Prophase:
- Chromatin, the material of chromosomes, condenses into visible chromosomes.
- The nuclear membrane disassembles and disappears.
- The formation of the mitotic spindle occurs, essential for chromosome movement.
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Metaphase: Chromatid pairs align along the equatorial plate, preparing for separation.
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Anaphase:
- Centromeres, the region where chromatids are joined, divide.
- Chromosomes migrate to opposite poles of the cell, ensuring each new cell receives an identical set.
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Telophase:
- The separation of chromatids concludes with the unraveling of chromosomes back into chromatin.
- Spindle fibers disintegrate, and the nuclear membrane reappears, marking the end of the nuclear division phase.
S Phase
- The part of the interphase where DNA replication occurs, ensuring that each daughter cell will have an identical set of chromosomes after division.
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