The five phases of mitosis and cell division ... chromosomes begin to decondense into their interphase conformations. Telophase is followed by cytokinesis, or the division of the cytoplasm into ...

Interphase is the period between cell divisions ... The activities within this cell are the same as in the mitosis-dividing cell. NOTE: Blue indicates chromosomes from the father; orange indicates ...

assembles near the original spindle equator and participates in cytokinesis. Here we argue that mitosis can be subdivided into five transitional phases characterized by the activity of defined ...

Interphase The cell spends most of its life in this phase. The DNA in chromosomes copies itself ready for mitosis ... at each end of the cell. Cytokinesis The cell membrane pinches in and ...