Mitosis What is it? Why is it Important? What do I need to know?

Where did this plant and animal come from?

Where did these cells come from?

Sort through the cards showing onion cells. They are in various stages of mitosis. Place them in the order you think mitosis goes in.

The nuclelus must first divide before the cell can Why? How? How much time of the cell cycle/life can be spent in mitosis?

Chromosomes duplicate

PROPHASE Coregonus blastulaAllium root tip

Spindle fibers form

METAPHASE Coregonus blastulaAllium root tip

ANAPHASE Coregonus blastulaAllium root tip

TELOPHASE Coregonus blastulaAllium root tip

INTERPHASE Allium root tip Coregonus blastula

Mitosis produces identical offspring (2N---2N)

Importance??? Growth Replacement Cancer Regeneration of…

Cancer? Unregulated mitosis Benign Malignant/ metastasis How does it begin?

Name stage of mitosis

Mitosis

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