(Not to be confused with Meiosis)

Mitosis is the way cells reproduce asexually.

This method produces identical offspring

Stage 1:

    Prephase:

        During this phase, the organelles in a cell duplicate and prepare for 

        cell divison. 

Stage 2a:

    Nuclear divison:

        Interphase:

            DNA in the nucleus coils up into chromatids, nucleus starts to break down

        Prophase:

            Chromatids duplicate, become chromosomes, and they have centromeres in the center

            This pair of chromatids is called "a Daughter Pair of Chromatids"

            Synthesis of spindle fibers also happens later in this phase.

        Metaphase:

            Chromosomes line up cell equator, and spindle fibers are attached to the

            centromeres.

            Nucleus is completely gone now.

        Anaphase:

            Spindle fibers shorten, and the chromosomes are split at the vertical line, 

            back into the chromatids.

        Telophase:

            Spindle fibers are almost gone, and the nucleus reforms.

Stage 2b:

    Cytokinesis (aka Cytoplasmic Division):

        In animal cells:

            A cleavage flow is formed and the cells split into the two daughter cells.

        In plant cells:

            A new piece of cell wall forms in the middle, and the cell wall splits back into

            two cells.

Result: 

Two identical daughter cells with same genetic information as the parent cell

They have the same number of chromosomes, namely a dipolid (2n =46 in humans)

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