Stages of mitosis (karyokinesis)सूत्री विभाजन की अवस्थाएँ (केंद्रक विभाजन)

NCERT Fig 10.2 · interactive diagram

Parts and their functions

• Prophase (पूर्वावस्था) — Chromosomes condense; spindle starts forming; nuclear envelope and nucleolus disappear.
• Metaphase (मध्यावस्था) — Best stage to study chromosome morphology — chromosomes lie on the equator.
• Anaphase (पश्चावस्था) — Centromeres split; daughter chromatids move to opposite poles.
• Telophase (अंत्यावस्था) — Two daughter nuclei form; chromosomes lose their identity as chromatin.
• Spindle fibres (तर्कु तंतु) — Microtubules from the poles attach to kinetochores at the centromeres.
• Metaphase plate (मध्यावस्था पट्टिका) — The plane of alignment of chromosomes at metaphase.

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