Cell division Immunofluorescent light micrograph of a human epithelial cell centre during the metaphase stage of mitosis Mitosis is the cycle of replication and division by which new body cells are formed Here the chromosomes blue of the parent cell have duplicated and the pairs have lined up along middle of the cell They will then be pulled apart by microtubules spindles green and move to opposite poles of the cell in a process called cytokinesis When the cell has split two identical daughter cells are formed
