Read a concise introduction to the process of cell division by a professor of cell biology and molecular genetics at the University of Maryland.

View large color photographs, with text descriptions, of the stages of mitosis from the Biology Department at Des Moines Area Community College.

Visit Molecular Expressions for a photographic explanation, with full-color micrographs, of the different phases of mitosis in onion root tips.

View an animated version of the stages of mitosis from Stanford University.

View color photographs, with text descriptions, of the stages of mitosis from the Biology Department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.