Introduction

The central event of mitosis is the equal distribution of the parent cell’s DNA to two resulting nuclei, each destined for a progeny cell.

Furthermore, events which occur at the end of mitosis coincide with the start of cytokinesis, which involves the physical separation of the two progeny cells from the single parent cell.

In this module, we will explore the events which occur during mitosis and cytokinesis in more detail…

The following video demonstrate the process of mitosis.

Summary

Mitosis can be conceptualized as a series of four stages followed by cytokinesis which separates the parent cell into two identical progeny (daughter) cells, each containing a complete set of genetic information (chromosomes).  The four stages of mitosis are:

• Prophase
• Metaphase
• Anaphase
• Telophase

Sources:

“MITOSIS.” Uploaded by Daily Med Ed, Oct 24, 2015. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/ofjyw7ARP1c