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Why it matters: The notes list five phases, and the textbook lists four.

The phases of mitosis

Mitosis goes prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase. Some books add prometaphase as a fifth phase. Both are right; one is just more detailed. Cytokinesis, the split itself, overlaps telophase.

Evidence: The phases of mitosis

“Both descriptions are correct; they differ only in detail.”
Textbook, page 203
“mitosis has 5 phases: prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase”
Notes typed in class
“some books add prometaphase between prophase and metaphase so you might see five phases that's not wrong it's just more detailed”
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