Study Guide to The Stages of Mitosis 1/14/11 12:14 PM

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Study Guide to The Stages of Mitosis

Stage Developments Memorization Clue

Nondividing Stage

(G1 growth stage)

DNA replication (S
Interphase phase), "intermission"

Preparation for
mitosis

(G2 phase)
The DNA is duplicated
(this keeps the
number of
chromosomes in the
daughter cells equal
to the parent cells)
Prophase
The DNA is tightly
coiled into
chromosomes
(these are visible)

Nuclear envelope
"proceed"
disappears

The lining up of the

chromosomes along
the midline.

The centrioles line up

at opposite poles and
Metaphase
the spindles begin to
attach to the
centromeres of the
chromosomes

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In the "middle"

This stage is
characterized by the
separation of sister
Anaphase chromosomes and
their movement to
the opposite poles of
the spindles.

"And away we go"

The chromosomes
reach the opposite
poles and the nuclear
envelope begins to
reform around each
of the groups of
chromosomes.
Telophase "The end"
The sides of the cell
form a furrow and
the cytoplasm divides

Animals divide from

the outside in and
plants divide from the
inside out.

The 2, 2n daughter
Daughter cells cells enter
Interphase

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