It involves the distribution of identical genetic material or DNA to two daughter cells.

It is the complex sequence of events by which cells grow and divide.

It CONSISTS OF THREE PHASES THAT ARE NOT MORPHOLOGICALLY DISTINGUISHABLE. HOWEVER, THESE PHASES ARE BIOCHEMICALLY DISTINCT FROM ONE ANOTHER.

During this phase, the nucleus and cytoplasm grow to mature size.

DNA and histones, the chromatin components, are actively synthesized.

During this phase, the cell grows more, makes proteins and organelles, and begins to reorganize its contents in preparation for mitosis.

This phase may be either mitosis or meiosis.

In multicellular organisms, it is a means of increasing the number of cells, and of replacing worn out tissues. In unicellular organisms, it is a mode of reproduction.

How many daughter cells does mitosis produce from one parent cell?

The chromosomes shorten, thicken, and become visible as thick rods.

Maximally condensed chromosomes align at the equatorial plate or metaphase plate.

During this mitosis phase, the centromeres become functionally double. Each member of the doubled chromosome begins to move toward opposite poles.

Upon reaching the opposite poles, the chromosomes regroup into two nuclear regions.

It is the process by which the cell divides into two daughter cells.

It is a process of cell division that occurs in sexually reproducing organisms, resulting in the formation of gametes

It is the first division which is also referred to as reductional division, involves the separation of homologous chromosomes resulting in two cells each with only a haploid chromosome number.

Chromosomes condense, homologous chromosomes pair up and exchange genetic material through crossing over

Chromatin within the nucleus resembles long thin threads with bead-like structures called chromomeres.

Homologous chromosomes align closely via synapsis, aided by the synaptonemal complex.

Chromosomes coil tighter, and the two chromosomes in a bivalent are closely aligned.

With the synaptonemal complex no longer functional, the longitudinal separation of homologous in a bivalent starts from the centromere and proceeds toward both ends except at the chiasma.

Bivalents are fully condensed and distributed across the nucleus. C

Homologous chromosome pairs line up at the cell's equator.

Homologous chromosomes separate and move to opposite poles of the cell.

Nuclear membranes form around the separated chromosomes, and the cell undergoes cytokinesis, resulting in two daughter cells, each with half the original number of chromosomes.

It is the other part of the meiotic process, divides each haploid meiotic cell into two different daughter cells

Chromosomes condense again, and the nuclear envelope breaks down

Chromosomes line up at the cell's equator.

Sister chromatids separate and move to opposite poles of the cell.

Chromosomes uncoil and lengthen, the nuclear membrane is reconstituted and the nucleolus reappears.