During cell division, mitosis refers specifically to the separation of the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus. Mitosis is conventionally divided into five stages known as prophase ...

The five phases of mitosis and cell division tightly coordinate the movements ... because chromosomes can be most easily visualized at this stage. Furthermore, cells can be experimentally arrested ...

While actin has several important functions during the process of cell division, among its most important ones is mediating the process of the cell splitting in two – the stage of cell division called ...

This ensures that each chromosome in the cell that is ready to divide receives two copies of genetic information. Once started, cell division normally proceeds through all the stages until two ...

This video of a so-called HeLa cell dividing demonstrates how sensitive the cell division process is. While all is going well at the beginning of the video, as the clip nears its end you can see the ...

Interphase The cell spends most of its life in this phase. The DNA in chromosomes copies itself ready for mitosis. Prophase The DNA in chromosomes and their copies condenses to become more visible.

Patients could be exploited by paying for expensive treatments and being given false hope of a cure as stem cell therapies are only in their developmental stages.

Once started, cell division normally proceeds through all the stages until two genetically identical daughter cells are formed. During this process, the chromosomes are connected to the poles of ...

They now describe their findings about an intermediate stage in this process in Science ... is one of the few remaining ...