CELL CYCLE

INTERPHASE

• Non reproducing stage of the cell
• Most of the cells life spent here

MITOSIS

PROPHASE

• Chromosomes become visible
• Nucleolus and nuclear membrane disappear
• Spindle fibers form
• Centrioles duplicate and move to the poles

METAPHASE

• Double stranded chromosome line up at the equator
• Spindle fibers attach to the centromere of each chromosome

ANAPHASE

• Spindle fibers pull apart the sister chromatids
• One chromatid of each pair moves to opposite ends

TELOPHASE AND CYTOKINESIS

• Spindle fibers disappear
• Chromatid become less visible
• Nuclear membrane and nucleolus disappear
• Cytokinesis:
• The cell divides and creates two new daughter cells