Mitosis



Phases of Mitosis:


 * Interphase: The chromosomes are scattered inside the parent cell.
 * Prophase: The chromosomes start to pair up.
 * Metaphase: The chromosomes are paired up and spindle fiber starts to attach to the chromosome pairs.
 * Anaphase: The chromosomes become identical and the spindle fibers slowly begin to separate the chromosomes.
 * Telophase: The spindle fibers disappear and the nucleus is copied.
 * Cytokenisis: The nucleus is copied. The 2 cells split and 2 daughter cells are formed.

- What is produced during mitosis? During mitosis, 2 new or daughter cells are produced from the parent cell. - Why must the body go through mitosis? The body must go through mitosis to repair and replace cells and to allow the body to grow and develop. - Mitosis occurs in a step by step sequence. Predict what would happen if a step was missed or the sequence got out of order. If mitosis missed a step or the sequence got out of order, then the organism will change. Mitosis gives 2 exact copies of a cell so if the process is messed up, then the 2 copies of a parent cell won't be exact copies. The 2 daughter cells will be different and reproduce more causing there to be more different cells than the original ones. Sooner or later, this will cause the organism to change some of the features in its body.