The stages of mitosis are: prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. Only two pairs of chromosomes are shown in the diagrams below. There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in a diploid human body cell.

Mitosis is conventionally divided into five stages known as prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. While mitosis is taking place, there is no cell growth and all of the ...

During this stage, one set of chromosomes is pulled to the sides of the cell and the nucleus divides. The phases of mitosis are known as prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase.

News & Views Published: February 2003 Cell of the month: Two telophase HeLa cells expressing GFP–tagged human Aurora B Nature Cell Biology 5, 101 (2003) Cite this article ...