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Mitosis Online Lab
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html
Data Table
Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Total
Number of cells
36
Percent of cells
100%
Time in
each stage
Use the following formula to calculate the duration of each stage:
% of cells in stage x 1440 minutes (24 hours) = ___________ minutes of cell cycle spent
in stage
Analysis Questions
1.
What is the purpose of mitosis?
2.
List the phases of mitosis in order, and give a brief explanation of each phase.
3.
How and why does mitosis differ in animal and plant cells?
4.
Why do we use a root tip, developing egg or growing worm to observe mitosis ?
Why not use nerve cells or blood?
5.
What is the relationship between mitosis and cancer?
6.
Why is it more accurate to call mitosis “nuclear replication” rather than cell
division?