Mitosis and Cytokinesis in Animal Cells
Mitosis and cytokinesis result in 2 cells that are genetically identical to the original cell and to each other. This scrollable interactive explains how this happens by exploring what happens during each phase of mitosis and during cytokinesis.
Topics
- chromosome
- eukaryotic cell
- somatic cell
- cell
- animal cell
- skin cell
- mitosis
- cytokinesis
- interphase
- cell division
- nuclear division
- cytoplasmic division
- nuclei
- nucleus
- M phase
- mitotic phase
- DNA replication
- diploid
- 2n
- organelle duplication
- replicated chromosome
- unreplicated chromosome
- DNA molecule
- double-stranded DNA
- centromere
- prophase
- prometaphase
- metaphase
- anaphase
- telophase
- condensed chromosome
- decondensed chromosomes
- centrosome
- microtubule
- kinetochore
- kinetochore microtubule
- polar microtubule
- astral microtubule
- mitotic spindle
- spindle poles
- metaphase plate
- chromatid
- sister chromatids
- nuclear envelope
- cleavage furrow
- contractile ring
- genetic material
- cytoplasm
- genetically identical
- eukaryotic cell division