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Mitosis and Meiosis

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3-I Mitosis

Concept 1: The Cell Cycle

Closer Look: Nuclear Division

Closer Look: Interphase

Closer Look: Cytoplasmic Division (Cytokinesis)

Concept 2: Homologous Chromosomes

Design of the Experiment I

Exercise 1: Identifying the Phases of Mitosis

Exercise 2: Observing Mitosis in a Living Cell

Analysis of Results I

Identifying the Phases of Mitosis

Select each dividing cell in the micrograph of the whitefish blastula below to see an enlarged drawing of that stage.

micrograph of field of animal cells

Courtesy of Graham Kent, Smith College