Exploring Mitosis
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Objective
I can describe the stages of mitosis and their functions in cell division.
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Key concepts
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Mitosis is a type of cell division that is important for growth and repair of damage in body cells, but it does not produce sperm or egg cells.
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Before mitosis begins, the cell duplicates its DNA during interphase to ensure that each new cell has the correct number of chromosomes.
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The stages of mitosis, in order, are prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, which can be remembered using the acronym PMAT.
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Practice
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What is the main purpose of mitosis in multicellular organisms?
Explain why it is important for the daughter cells produced during mitosis to be identical to the parent cell.
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Exit ticket
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“Describe what happens to the chromosomes during each of the following stages of mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.”
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