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A diagram showing the stages of mitosis in somatic cell division: prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis, with labeled structures such as chromosomes, spindle fibers, and nuclear envelope in each phase.
Watch: How cell division works
See time-lapse microphotography of blastomeres created by mitotic cleavage of embryonic cells
Know how telomeres protect the ends of the chromosomes and over a while, it causes cellular aging
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Watch: How cell division works
Learn about cell division in the developing embryo and in mature cells.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
See time-lapse microphotography of blastomeres created by mitotic cleavage of embryonic cells
Learn about mitotic cleavage of embryonic cells by watching this time-lapse microphotography...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Know how telomeres protect the ends of the chromosomes and over a while, it causes cellular aging
Learn how telomeres affect the aging process at the cellular level.
Video: © Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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mitosis
The process of cell division by mitosis.
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