Mitosis in Fish Blastula

Terms
Chromosome Gene carrying molecules, found in cells during mitosis.
Centromere Part of the chromosome that links the two sister chromosomes.
Kinetochore Place where spindle fibers attach to the centromere.
Aster A star shaped formation coming out of the centrioles, used to facilitate
division.
Sindle Fibers A long strand used to pull apart chromosomes during division.
Questions
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During the S phase.

Cytokinesis
They would be nearly identical.
They would be nearly identical.
The blastula is a fish embryo. It is an active site of cell division because it is
in the process of growing into an organism.
6. Mitosis is necessary to us because it allows growth of tissue in organisms,
which forms our organs and our bodies at large.
7. The G0 stage is the complete lack of division, quite the opposite of Mitosis.