MITOSIS

MITOSIS By: icemanbm260 Mitosis is the process of nuclear division in a living cell by which the chromosomes are exactly replicated, the two parts being separated are given to the daughter nuclei. In this process the two daughter cells receive chromosomes that are alike in composition and equal in the number of chromosomes as the parent cell. Mitosis consists of four main stages. Mitotic division occurs in somatic (body) cells. The stages are prophase, metaphase, …

…cells have been formed. Both cells are genetically identical. Mitosis is happening all the time, in fact it happens 25 million times a second in the human body. Mitosis brings meaning to the cell theory, “All cells are the units of structure and function in living organisms / And all new cells come from cells that already exist.” Mitosis is vital for growth, repair and replacement of damaged or worn out cells; and also for asexual reproduction.