Stage 1 – Interphase
The chromosomes begin to duplicate and become two identical chromatins joined at the centromere.
Stage 2 – Mitosis – Early Prophase
In the nucleus the chromosomes condense and in the cytoplasm, spindle fibers form.
Stage 2 – Mitosis – Late Prophase
The nuclear membrane breaks apart and the spindle fibers start to attach to the chromosomes.
Stage 2 – Mitosis – Metaphase
After the spindle fibers attach to the chromosomes and the chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.
Stage 2 – Mitosis – Anaphase
the spindle fibers shorten and the centromere divides so that each chromosome becomes two separate chromatins.
Stage 2 – Mitosis – Telophase
The nuclear membrane forms around each set of chromosomes, chromosomes spread back out into new nucleus and the spindle fibers break down.
Stage 3 – Cytokinesis
The cell membrane separates into two separate cells that are exactly the same.