What is Mitosis?

Mitosis is the process by which a eukaryotic cell separates the chromosomes in its cell nuclei into two identical sets, in two separate nuclei.

Mitosis occurs only in eukaryotic cells and the process varies in different species.   The process of mitosis is fast and highly complex. The sequence of events is divided into stages corresponding to the completion of one set of activities and the start of the next. These stages are interphase, prophase,prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase,

and telophase.The following image shows the stages of Interphase and Mitosis.

During mitosis the pairs of chromatids condense and attach to fibers that pull the sister chromatids to opposite sides of the cell. The cell then divides incytokenesis, to produce two identical daughter cells which are still diploid cells.