Mitosis

Mitosis is a cellular process that replicates chromosomes and produces two identical nuclei in preparation for cell division. Generally, mitosis is immediately followed by the equal division of the cell nuclei and other cell contents into two daughter cells.

Further reading

• O'Connor, C. (2008) Cell division: stages of mitosis. Nature Education 1(1):188.
• Mitosis: the dance of the chromosomes by Nancy Custer
• Meosis and mitosis A free online course from the Open University

Videos

• Four videos on meiosis and mitosis from the Khan Academy

See also

• Meiosis
• Recombination

This image is taken from the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms and is reproduced courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute.