After completing the lab pertaining to the onion cell roots, I learned tons about the process of mitosis. Mitosis is the splitting of the cell into two different daughter cells. The first step in this cycle is called interphase. This phase is basically just a resting cell. The next phase is when the cell is disrupted and the chromosomes thicken and get shorter, and this stage is called prophase. Then the chromosomes start to align in one plane and this phase is called metaphase. The next process is one that happens very quickly. The phase is called anaphase and in this stage the chromosomes completely migrate to the spindle poles. After this phase two daughter cells are produced in the final stage called telophase.
