The function of the M-phase checkpoint is to check that the microtubules of the mitotic spindle have attached to all of the kinetochores.  If one or more chromosomes did not properly attach to the spindle, cells would most likely be arrested in ______________________.

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The function of the M-phase checkpoint is to check that the microtubules of the mitotic spindle have attached to all of the kinetochores.  If one or more chromosomes did not properly attach to the spindle, cells would most likely be arrested in ______________________. 

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Cell division is a process of a parent cell replicating it chromosomal content and dividing itself into 2 daughter cells. Cell division is of two type mitosis and meiosis. Mitosis occurs in the stomatal cells, where meiosis occurs in the reproductive cells to produce gametes.

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The 4 phases of mitosis are with an example of a major event that occurs in each are as follows,

 

Prophase- condensation of chromosomes

Metaphase- alignment of the chromosomes on the spindle fibres forming metaphase plate

Anaphase- ,moving of sister chromatids to the opposite poles

Telophase- reappearance or formation of the nucleolus.

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