Abstract:
The cell division is a fundamental process of life through which a mother cell transmits
genetic information to daughter cells. Depending on the requirement sensed mostly by the
environmental cues cells undergo two types of cell division. The cell division that is
associated with growth and repair is called mitosis. The other type of cell division
associated with sexual reproduction is called meiosis. A cell, conducive to division, has to
go through a cyclic series of processes known as cell cycle. The mitotic cell cycle is mainly
divided into two phases: a) interphase (pre-mitotic) where duplication of genetic material
takes place by DNA replication in S phase and b) mitotic phase where duplicated genome is
distributed equally between the daughter cells by a process called chromosome
segregation.
