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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.
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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.
mitosis The process of cell division by mitosis.

Prometaphase is a stage in cell division, specifically mitosis, that follows prophase and precedes metaphase. During prometaphase, the nuclear envelope breaks down, allowing the chromosomes to attach to the mitotic spindle. Each chromosome has two identical chromatids, and both chromatids attach to the spindle at a specialized region called the kinetochore. This attachment is crucial for ensuring that each daughter cell receives a complete set of chromosomes during cell division.1

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