A diagram of mitosis stages<br><b>Interphase (G₂)</b>: In this substage, the cell prepares for nuclear division and a protein that makes microtubles for cell division is synthesized.<br><b>Prophase</b>: The longest stage of mitosis. In this stage the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and move to opposite poles of the cell.<br><b>Prometaphase</b>: The nuclear envelope disintegrates and microtubules can attach to kinetochores. Chromosomes congress toward the metaphase plate of the cell.<br><b>Metaphase</b>: In this stage the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell and become connected to the spindle fiber at their centromere.<br><b>Anaphase</b>: In this stage the sister chromatids separate into individual chromosomes and are pulled apart.<br><b>Telophase &amp; cytokinesis</b>: Chromosomes decondense and are surrounded by a newly formed nuclear envelope. Cytokinesis typically coincides with and telophase.
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