The Cell Cycle
INTERPHASE : G1- cell growth, the longest part of the cell’s life S – DNA synthesis, DNA is copied (replication) G2 – cell prepares for division, organelles replicate
MITOSIS: nuclear division PROPHASE: Longest phase of mitosis DNA coils and chromosomes form, sister chromatids are held together by the centromere Nuclear envelope and nucleolus dissolve Centrioles migrate to the poles Spindle forms
PROPHASE: Animal cell Plant cell
METAPHASE: chromosomes line up at the equator Plant cell Animal cell
ANAPHASE: spindle fibers pull the sister chromatids apart Plant Cell Animal Cell
TELOPHASE: Spindle dissolves Nuclear envelope and nucleolus reform DNA uncoils forming chromatin
CYTOKINESIS: cell division, 2 daughter cells form Animal cell: cleavage furrow forms, cell pinches inwards Plant cell: new cell plate forms in the middle
Onion cells – find cells in the following phases: Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase In the next slide also find interphase and telophase.