1. Mitosis Cell Division
Cell Division is the division of a cell into two daughter cells with the same genetic material.

2. Cell Division Living cells store critical information in DNA.
As a cell grows, that information is used to build the molecules needed for cell growth.
As size increases, the demands on that information grow as well. If a cell were to grow without limit, an “information crisis” would occur.

3. Cell Division
There are two types of Cell Division
Mitosis
Meiosis

4. Cell Division
Mitosis (Asexual) is a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth

5. Important Cell Structures Involved in Mitosis
Chromosomes – DNA in the shape of an “X”
Chromatid – each strand of a duplicated chromosome
Centromere – the area where each pair of chromatids is joined

6. Important Cell Structures Involved in Mitosis
Centrioles – tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cells that help organize the spindle
Spindle – a fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromatids

7. Cell Division Mitosis

8. Cell Division Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase Cytokinesis
Stages of Mitosis
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase  
Telophase
Cytokinesis

9. Cell Division
Prophase - the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears

10. Cell Division
Metaphase - the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers.

11. Cell Division
Anaphase  - the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle.

12. Cell Division
Telophase - the chromatids or chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed

13. Cell Division
Cytokinesis - is the separation into two daughter cells.