metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. While mitosis is taking place, there is no cell growth and all of the cellular energy is focused on cell division. During prophase, the replicated pairs of ...

The chromosomes align along the metaphase plate. As in mitosis metaphase, (and unlike meiosis metaphase I), fibers from the centrioles begin to pull on each one of the chromosomes from both ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process ...

Like mitosis, meiosis is a form of eukaryotic ... the chromosome pairs then line up along the equator of the cell, termed the metaphase plate (Figure 2). As the new chromosomes reach the spindle ...

It also touches on the implications of mitosis in healing and the potential consequences of its disruption, such as cancer or damage from radiation. Keywords mitosis, cell division, chromosomes, DNA, ...

During this stage, one set of chromosomes is pulled to the sides of the cell and the nucleus divides. The phases of mitosis are known as prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. You do not ...