Question

Your skin is constantly producing new cells through cell division. How does this happen? During interphase, how does a cell prepare for division? Describe cell division, including the processes of mitosis and cytokinesis. Be sure to describe the mitotic steps.

Answer 1

Interphase is the phase in the cell cycle during which cells that will undergo mitosis prepare for division. In interphase, DNA of the cell copies. After that cell undergoes mitosis, which is the phase of the cell cycle during which cell divides on two identical. Mitosis consists of four phases:
1. Prophase: Chromatin in the nucleus condenses and chromosomes pair up
2. Metaphase: Chromosomes line up at the centre of the cell.
3. Anaphase: The sister chromatids separate from each other to the opposite sides of the cells.
4. Telophase and Cytokinesis: Membrane forms around each set of chromosomes on two opposite sides of the cells and cell divides into two identical daughter cells.