The document discusses the three main steps of animal development: cell division, cell differentiation, and morphogenesis. It focuses on the process of cell division (mitosis), which includes the phases of interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Mitosis allows organisms to grow, repair damaged cells/tissues, replace dead cells, and reproduce in some organisms. It results in two identical daughter cells that are formed after the nucleus and cytoplasm divide.