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Cell mitosis
Author: Veronica Franco
Text: When does mitosis of a cell really end? Is it when the nuclear
membranes form around the nuclei or when the cell membrane forms around the
two new cells?
Response #: 1 of 1
Author: Lou Harnisch
Text: It is an on-going cycle, so any beginnings and endings are
arbitrary. Generally, if you go from interphase to interphase, the formation
of the nuclear membrane in each of the daughter cells would conclude the
cycle. Chromatin needs to uncoil and key genes become active again via
transcription of mRNA.
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