Mitosis
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The sequence of events The sequence of events, divided into stages corresponding to the completion of one set of activities and the start of the next.

Mitosis is the cell division process by which an eukaryotic cell unwinds the chromosomes present in its cell nucleus into two identical daughter cells.

Cytokinesis followed this process immediately; it divides the nucleus, cytoplasm, cell organelles and cell membrane into two daughter cells with almost equal shares of these cellular components. The mitotic (M) phase of the cell cycle has Mitosis and cytokinesis together. The cell division occurs in the mother cell and creates two identical daughter cells are the uniqueness of the mitosis process. Around 10% of the cell cycle accounts this process. Mitosis and cytokinesis produces 200 trillion somatic cells that now make up our body, and the same processes continue to generate new cells to replace dead and damaged ones.

The process of mitosis is fast and highly complex. The sequence of events is divided into stages corresponding to the completion of one set of activities and the start of the next. These stages are prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. During mitosis, the pairs of chromatids condense and attach to fibers that pull the sister chromatids to opposite sides of the cell. The cell then divides in cytokinesis, to produce two identical daughter cells which are diploid cells.

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