Prophase is the first phase of mitosis. During this phase, the chromosomes inside the cell's nucleus condense and form tight structures. In fact, the chromosomes become so dense that they appear ...

Visualise the steps of mitosis and interact with them in this BBC Bitesize activity written to the Edexcel GCSE biology specification.

Even scientists were unaware that mitosis is not always symmetrical—until recently. Led by biologists Shane Herbert and Holly Lovegrove of the University of Manchester, a team of researchers ...

How Cells Divide. By Rick Groleau; Posted 10.09.01; NOVA; Most of the time, when a cell in our bodies divides, each new cell carries a complete set of chromosomes.

During mitosis, the spindle fibers are called the mitotic spindle ... two wheel-shaped protein structures called centrioles position themselves at opposite ends of the cell forming cell ...

Defects in cell division can have huge negative effects, such as fertility issues or cancer. “Besides mitosis, the technologies developed here can be used to study proteins that drive other cellular ...

Maybe you remember high school biology. It was probably then that you learned about cells dividing through mitosis, and mentally repeated the terms interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase ...