The Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Name: The Cell Cycle and Mitosis
Author: StemPy Lab

How does one cell become two? A cell grows, copies its DNA and then divides. You meet the phases of the cell cycle and count the DNA and the chromosomes at each stage. Then you follow mitosis and cytokinesis in animal and plant cells and see what mitosis does for a body. It serves the Indian syllabus (NCERT, NEET) and the matching topic of A-Level, IB and AP.

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Course outline (3 lessons)

Lesson 1about 30 min
The phases of the cell cycle and DNA content
A cell cannot just split in two. It must grow, copy its DNA and check the copy first. The ordered events from one division to the next are the cell cycle. This lesson names its phases, gives their usual times and counts the chromosomes and the DNA at each phase.
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Lesson 2about 25 min
The stages of mitosis
Mitosis is the part of M phase in which the copied chromosomes are shared equally between two nuclei. It runs through prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. This lesson follows the chromosomes, the spindle and the nuclear envelope through each stage.
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Lesson 3about 25 min
Cytokinesis and the work of mitosis
After the nucleus divides, the cytoplasm must divide too. Animal cells do it by a furrow, and plant cells by a cell plate. Then we see why a body needs mitosis: for growth, repair and a steady balance between the nucleus and the cytoplasm.
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The Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Course outline (3 lessons)

The phases of the cell cycle and DNA content

The stages of mitosis

Cytokinesis and the work of mitosis

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