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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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