Cell Division Vocab

where the cell's spindle fibers attach.

to create new organisms

to create a copy or a duplicate

a network of fibers along which the chromosomes are distributed during cell division

The second phase of mitosis after prophase and before anaphase where chromosomes move to the center of the cell and line up along the equator

the first and longest phase of mitosis where the chromosomes become visible as tightly coiled threadlike structures.

the third phase of mitosis, which duplicated chromosomes separate and move towards opposite poles of the cell.

the final phase of mitosis where the spindle disappears and the nucleus reforms around each set of chromosomes.

the major type of cell division in larger organisms.

Series of events that leads to cell division

The process where a cell divides into two new daughter cells.

genetic information is bundled into packages of DNA