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Mitosis
• The process of cell division which results in the
production of two daughter cells from a single parent cell.
• The daughter cells are identical to one another and to the
original parent cell.
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Mitosis can be divided into stages
1. Interphase
2. Prophase
3. Metaphase
4. Anaphase
5. Telophase
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Interphase
The cell prepares for division
DNA replicated
Organelles replicated
Cell increases in size
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Chromosomes become visible under LM
Threads become shorter and thicker consist of two
chromatids joined by centromere
Nucleoli disappears
Centrioles separates and migrate
to each pole and starts giving out
mitotic spindle
Prophase
The cell prepares for nuclear division
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Chromosomes line up at the center of the cell
Spindle fibers attach from daughter cells to
chromosomes at the centromere
Equatorial plate is formed
Microtubules of mitotic spindle
are attached at centromere
Microtubules exert pull on
chromosomes
Metaphase
The cell prepares chromosomes for division
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Spindle fibers pull chromosomes apart
½ of each chromosome (called chromatid) moves to
each daughter cell
Chromatids separate and move to respective poles as
an independent chromosome
In human cell two identical sets of
46 chromosomes move to the
opposite poles
Anaphase
The chromosomes divide
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A constriction called cleavage furrow appears in
the middle of elongated cell
Nuclear envelop is formed enclosing
chromosomes
2 nuclei form
Cell wall pinches in to form the
2 new daughter cells
Telophase
The cytoplasm divides
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• Meiosis is the type of cell division by which germ
cells (eggs and sperm) are produced.
• One parent cell produces four daughter cells.
• Daughter cells have half the number of chromosomes
found in the original parent cell
Meiosis
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During meiosis, DNA replicates once, but the
nucleus divides twice.
Four stages can be described for each division of the
nucleus.
Meiosis
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Prophase is much longer consisting of five stages
1. Leptotene: Chromosomes becomes visible in the nucleus
2. Zygotene: Homologus chromosomes come together along
their entire length and synapses are formed
3. Pachytene: Chromosomes become thicker and shorter
Each chromosome pair is called bivalent
4. Diplotene: Chromosomes began to separate along their
length. Each bivalent consists of four chromatids
5. Diakinesis: Separation of chromosomes continue.
Nucleolus and the nuclear envelop disappears
Prophase
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A spindle of microtubules is produced by centrioles
Equatorial plate is formed
The bivalent chromosome pairs align in the centre of
the spindle
Metaphase
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Chromosomes of homologous pairs completely
separates and move to the opposite poles
No division of centromere occurs and the whole
chromosomes move to opposite poles
Anaphase
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Nuclei are reconstructed
The parent cell is divided in to two daughter cells
Each daughter cell contains haploid (23)
chromosomes
Each chromosome is double structured consisting of
two sister chromatids
Telophase
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Differences in Mitosis & Meiosis
Mitosis
Asexual
Cell divides once
Two daughter cells
Genetic information is
identical
Meiosis
Sexual
Cell divides twice
Four haploid daughter
cells
Genetic information is
different
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