Understanding the Cell Cycle

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Definition of Cell Cycle

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Series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

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Key Stages of Cell Cycle

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Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis

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Interphase

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Cell grows, performs its normal functions, and prepares for division

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Mitosis

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Division of the cell nucleus

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Cytokinesis

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Division of the cytoplasm

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Interphase

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Cell growth and normal functions

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Prophase

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Chromosomes condense, spindle fibres form

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Metaphase

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Chromosomes align in the centre of the cell

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Anaphase

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Sister chromatids separate to opposite poles

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Telophase

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Nuclear membranes reform around each set of chromosomes