Exploring Mitosis
Learning Objective
I can describe the stages of mitosis and their functions in cell division.
Key Concepts
Mitosis is a type of cell division that is important for growth and repair of damage in body cells, but it does not produce sperm or egg cells.
Before mitosis begins, the cell duplicates its DNA during interphase to ensure that each new cell has the correct number of chromosomes.
The stages of mitosis, in order, are prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, which can be remembered using the acronym PMAT.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 8 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What is the main purpose of mitosis in multicellular organisms?
2. Explain why it is important for the daughter cells produced during mitosis to be identical to the parent cell.
3. During which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
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