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Mitosis and Meiosis

Mitosis and Meiosis. Higher Biology. Mitosis and Meiosis. Mitosis: - division of somatic (body) cells Meiosis - division of gametes (sex cells). Mitosis. Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase. I nterphase. Interesting things happen! Cell preparing to divide

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Mitosis and Meiosis

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  1. Mitosis and Meiosis Higher Biology

  2. Mitosis and Meiosis • Mitosis: -division of somatic (body) cells • Meiosis -division of gametes (sex cells)

  3. Mitosis • Interphase • Prophase • Metaphase • Anaphase • Telophase

  4. Interphase • Interesting things happen! • Cell preparing to divide • Genetic material doubles

  5. Prophase • Chromosome pair up! • Chromosomes thicken and shorten -become visible -2 chromatids joined by a centromere • Centrioles move to the opposite sides of the nucleus • Nucleolus disappears • Nuclear membrane disintegrate

  6. Metaphase • Chromosomes meet in the middle! • Chromosomes arrange at equator of cell • Become attached to spindle fibres by centromeres • Homologous chromosomes do not associate

  7. Anaphase • Chromosomes get pulled apart • Spindle fibres contract pulling chromatids to the opposite poles of the cell

  8. Telophase • Now there are two! • Chromosomes uncoil • Spindle fibres disintegrate • Centrioles replicate • Nucleur membrane forms • Cell divides

  9. Meiosis • 4 daughter cells produced • Each daughter cell has half the chromosomes of the parent • 2 sets of cell division involved

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