1. The Mitotic Cell Cycle By Leonard Zein

2. Interphase (G1) During the interphase, the cell gets bigger and prepares for division, eventually duplicating its DNA.

3. Interphase (G1)

4. Interphase (G1)

5. Interphase (G1)

6. Interphase Synthesis

7. Interphase Synthesis

8. Interphase Synthesis

9. Interphase (G2)

10. Interphase (G2)

11. Interphase (G2)

12. Prophase In the Prophase, the nucleolus begins to fade, and the chromatin begins to wind up into more tightly compacted chromosomes.

13. Prophase

14. Prophase

15. Prophase

16. Prophase

17. Prometaphase In the Prometaphase, the nuclear membrane collapses, leaving just the chromosomes. Spindle fibers form and attach to the chromosomes.

18. Metaphase In the metaphase, the fibers begin to align the two chromosomes onto the same plane.

19. Metaphase

20. Anaphase For the anaphase, the spindle fibers begin to shorten, causing the chromosomes to pull apart from each other.

21. Anaphase

22. Anaphase

23. Anaphase

24. Telophase In the telophase, the chromosomes reach the edges of the cell, and the spindle fibers disappear.

25. Cytokinesis Once Cytokinesis begins, the remaining fibers are dissolved, and the cell is cut in half by a contractile ring. Once the cell is split into two, each cell returns to the interphase.

26. Cytokinesis

27. Cytokinesis

28. Cytokinesis

29. Cytokinesis

30. Cytokinesis

31. Cytokinesis

32. Cytokinesis

33. Cytokinesis

34. Cytokinesis

35. The End (Although in reality, each cell will then go on to do that several more times.)