The six phases showing mitosis of cells are:
- Interphase: The cell grows and replicates its DNA and centrioles.
- Prophase: The chromatin condenses into chromosomes. The centrioles separate, and a spindle begins to form. The nuclear envelope breaks down.
- Metaphase: The chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. Each chromosome is connected to spindle fibers at its centromere.
- Anaphase: The sister chromatids separate into individual chromosomes and are moved apart.
- Telophase: The chromosomes gather at opposite ends of the cell and lose their distinct shapes. Two new nuclear envelopes form.
- Cytokinesis: The cytoplasm pinches in half. Each daughter cell has an identical set of duplicate chromosomes.