cell division

Control of the Cell Cycle

The process of cell division in mammalian cells can readily be

cell division as seen in mammalian cells is much more complicated. This

This process of cell division in mammalian cells is one of

chromosomes and is able, following cell division, to re-form into a

Following cell division (i.e. mitosis), the daughter cells confront two

This leads to repeated rounds of cell division and results in turn in an

the bone marrow, skin, and the gut, continual cell division occurs to

such as the brain, cell division is a rare event.

of these cells, recently formed through cell division, must now begin

immediately to prepare itself for the next round of cell division. The

preparation for cell division is the cell's chromatin--it's chromosomal