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Marina Perez
04/18/2023
The Great Divide (of Cells)
Abstract
This lab exercise is composed of drawings for visual representation and understanding.
Unlike previous lab activities this is not an experiment that requires the use of
scientific methods or hypothesis testing. The purpose of this assignment is to
grasp the concepts of the various stages in the mitotic cell cycle.
Introduction
In the life of a cell, there are many cellular processes. The cell cycle is a process by
which the nucleus and its genetic information is divided to produce an identical
copy of itself. In this lab, the cell cycle being observed will contain examples of
interphase in mitosis. Interphase is made up of three parts, G1, S and G2. Mitosis
is made up of five parts, prophase, prometaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
Eukaryotic organisms contain a lifecycle with genetic information that is able to
be efficiently replicated without losing any DNA. When one cell divides into two
cells, mitosis is responsible for the distribution of two complete sets of
chromosomes. For mitosis to happen first interphase must copy each chromosome
and sister chromatids
Methods
Answer the following questions:
