In mitosis, two cells called daughter cells are produced, each identical to the parent cell. When looking at cells with a microscope, the length of different stages of the cell cycle can be ...

Flemming divided mitosis into two broad parts: a progressive phase, during which the chromosomes condensed and aligned at the center of the spindle, and a regressive phase, during which the sister ...

Scientists were able to identify chromosomes under the microscope as early as the 19th ... how they moved during mitosis, and what role they likely played in the transmission of genetic ...