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Prophase
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Metaphase
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Anaphase
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Telophase
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Mitosis
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DNA condenses
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chromosomes line up
|
sister chromatids separate
|
chromosomes hit poles and daughter nuclei
form
|
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Meiosis I
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SYNAPSIS
and
DNA condenses
|
tetrads
line up
|
tetrads
separate
(reduction division, diploid
to haploid)
|
chromosomes hit poles and haploid daughter
nuclei form
|
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Meiosis II
|
DNA condenses
|
chromosomes line up
|
sister chromatids separate
|
chromosomes hit poles and daughter nuclei
form
|
(Other events occur during mitotic and meiotic cell division, but this
is focusing on the DNA.)
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