Interactive explorer
Mitosis explorer
Watch sister-chromatid segregation in a simplified animal-cell teaching animation.
What this explorer teaches
Animated progression through prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis.
Learning goal: Cytokinesis completes division but is not itself a mitotic stage — the explorer marks that clearly.
Interactive model
Educational model — simplified for learning. Not medical advice. Features are conceptual and not drawn to molecular scale unless stated.
Prophase
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Text-only walkthrough (same content as the interactive steps)
- Prophase
- Metaphase
- Anaphase
- Telophase
- Cytokinesis
Guided steps (text)
- Step 1: Prophase
- Step 2: Metaphase
- Step 3: Anaphase
- Step 4: Telophase
- Step 5: Cytokinesis
How to use this explorer
- Advance with Next / Previous, the step chips, or keyboard ← →.
- On touch devices, tap chips and buttons (minimum comfortable target size).
- If you prefer reduced motion, the site respects
prefers-reduced-motionand jumps between states without animation. - Screen-reader / keyboard users: focus stays on controls; the live region announces the current step.
Scientific notes & limits
Classic stages help organize events: condensation and spindle setup, alignment, sister separation, nuclear reformation, then cytokinesis. Details differ across organisms; this animation is a simplified animal-cell overview for education.
Related lessons
- Mitosis — Mitosis is nuclear division that segregates sister chromatids into two daughter nuclei.
- Cell cycle — The cell cycle is the ordered series of stages a cell passes through to grow and divide.
- Chromosome — A chromosome is an organized package of DNA and proteins that carries genetic information.