Witness a living plant cell's chromosomes carrying genetic material duplicate during the process of mitosis

Witness a living plant cell's chromosomes carrying genetic material duplicate during the process of mitosis

Time-lapse photography of a live plant cell nucleus undergoing mitosis.
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Here is the process of mitosis in a living plant cell. In living plant cells the spindle is not apparent.