Saturday, January 5, 2008

Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Cell Cycle: The series of events involving the growth, replication, and division of a eukaryotic cell.

http://www.steve.gb.com/images/science/cell_cycle_cartoon.png


Mitosis: The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides, typically consisting of four stages, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, and normally resulting in two new nuclei, each of which contains a complete copy of the parental chromosomes.


http://library.thinkquest.org/C0123260/basic%20knowledge/images/basic%20knowledge/cell%20division/mitosis.gif

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