Duration of Phases of Mitosis

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Results from Counts Made in Botany 130 Labs

Spring, 2000

Percentage of total in parentheses.

Sum of percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding error.

 Section  Interphase  Prophase  Metaphase  Anaphase  Telophase
 601  2250 (83%)  268 (9.8%)  76 (2.8%)  51 (1.9%)  79 (2.9%)
 602  4306 (87%)   441 ( 8.9%)  86 (1.7%)  57 (1.2%)  57 (1.2%)
 603  2627 (80.3%)  434 (13.3%)  90 (2.8%)  53 (1.6%)   69 (2.1%)
 604  5662 (83.6%)  644 ( 9.5%)  165 (2.4%)  110 (1.6%)  190 (2.8%)
 605  3656 (86.2%)  379 ( 8.6%) 90 (2.1%)    61 (1.44%)   56 (1.3%)
 606  3304 (80.6%)   482 (11.8%)  117 (2.85%)  95 (2.3%)  101 (2.5%)
 607  3411 (93.7%)  122 (3.4%)  51 (1.4%)  13 (.4%)  44 (1.2%)
 609  7360 (88.6%)  564 (6.8%)  159 (1.9%)  98 (1.2%)  125 (1.5%)
 610  10978 (87.5%)  1076 (8.6%)  213 (1.7%)  149 (1.2%)  133 (1.1%)
 611  4703 (88%)  325 ( 6.1%)  110 (2.1%)   82 (1.5%)   124 (2.3%)

Of those undergoing mitosis in 2000:

62% Were in Prophase (60% in 1992)

15.1% Were in Metaphase (16% in 1992)

10.1% Were in Anaphase (10% in 1992)

12.8% Were in Telophase (14% in 1992)

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