The cell cycle: interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis

The cell cycle is the repeating sequence a cell goes through as it grows and divides. A cell spends most of its life in interphase, when it grows, carries out its normal work, and copies its DNA. It then separates its copied chromosomes through mitosis, whose stages are prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, and splits its cytoplasm in two through cytokinesis, producing two cells with identical DNA. This cycle is how a multicellular organism grows and replaces old or damaged cells.

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