Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Interphase
 Three Stages
First Stage
Very Active
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Second Stage
Makes Copy of ____________
Third Stage
Cell Matures
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 First Stage
Cell doubles in size

Produces all the

structures needed to
carry out its functions.

Whole process can

take up to _________
What is the cell doing?
Enlarges ER

Makes more Ribosome

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Mitochondria &
Chloroplast make copies
 Stage Two
Chromatin in nucleus makes _____ complete
sets of itself (aka DNA)
 DNA Replication
Why?
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Molecule structure
Double Helix
 DNA Structure
Thymine Adenine Guanine Cytosine

Sugar Phosphate
 Nitrogen Bases
Thymine always
connects with T A
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Cytosine Always
Connects with C G
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 What Happens?
1st Unwind (Like a zipper
unzipping)

2nd Nitrogen bases that

are floating in the nucleus
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3rd The result is two exact

duplicates of the DNA
molecule
 Final Stage
The Last stage begins once
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The cell matures and prepares to divide
Mitosis
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
 Prophase
What is going on?
Chromatin Condenses to form Chromosomes

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Nuclear Membrane begins to break down

The Look
Chromosomes Up Close
 Metaphase
What is going on?
Nuclear membrane is gone

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Each Chromosome attaches

to the spindal fiber
 The Look

2
4

3
 Anaphase
What is going on?

Centromeres split

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Each chromatids go to either end

of the cell

The cell becomes ____________

The Look
 Telophase
What is going on?

Chromosomes stretch out and

loose the rod-like appearance

This happens in two regions of

the cell (in opposite sides)

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The Look
The Cycle as a Whole
 Mitosis is Over
Cytokinesis begins and completes the
whole cell cycle
WHAT HAPPENS
The cytoplasm divides
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In plant cells the cell wall cannot squeeze
so there is a structure called a cell plate
that forms.
 Cytokinesis
THE RESULT
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Then each cell enters
interphase so the
cycle begins again.