Mitosis is the process of asexual cell division that results in two identical daughter cells. It has four main phases - prophase where chromosomes condense and attach to the spindle, metaphase where chromosomes line up at the center, anaphase where sister chromatids are pulled to opposite poles, and telophase where the cytoplasm divides and completes cytokinesis. This process ensures that both daughter cells have the full complement of chromosomes and are genetically identical to the parent cell.

1. MITOSIS
A review of Asexual Cell Division
By Kimberly Edillon

2. Prophase
Duplicated
chromosome
s condense
and attach to
the spindle

3. Metaphase
Chromosom
es line up at
the spindle’s
equator

4. Anaphase
Sister
chromatids
separate &
move to
opposite
poles of the
spindle

5. Telophase
Cytoplasm
divides:
Results in 2
identical
cells
Each cell is
diploid (2n)

6. References
Images of prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and
telophase of mitosis. Retrieved from
http://apbrwww5.apsu.edu/thompsonj/Anatomy
%20&%20Physiology/2010/2010%20Exam%2
0Reviews/Exam%201%20Review/CH03%20m
itosis%20figures.htm
Starr, C. & Taggart, R. (1995). Biology: The
unity and divesity of life, 7th edition. Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.