PLEASE HELP WILL MARK BRAINLIEST Explain what happens to a cell as it enters the cell cycle and goes through the process of
MITOSIS. Tell what happens to the cell at each part of the cell cycle starting at
Interphase, then the stages of Mitosis (PMAT) and ending at Cytokinesis. (This should be
a longer response than one sentence!!)

The cell cycle is composed of interphase (G₁, S, and G₂ phases), followed by the mitotic phase (mitosis and cytokinesis), and G₀ phase.

Explanation:

During the mitotic (M) phase, the cell separates its DNA into two sets and divides its cytoplasm, forming two new cells.

    Each step of the cell cycle is monitored by internal controls called checkpoints. There are three major checkpoints in the cell cycle: one near the end of G1, a second at the G2/M transition, and the third during metaphase. Positive regulator molecules allow the cell cycle to advance to the next stage. Negative regulator molecules monitor cellular conditions and can halt the cycle until specific requirements are met.

Cancer is the result of unchecked cell division caused by a breakdown of the mechanisms that regulate the cell cycle. The loss of control begins with a change in the DNA sequence of a gene that codes for one of the regulatory molecules. Faulty instructions lead to a protein that does not function as it should. Any disruption of the monitoring system can allow other mistakes to be passed on to the daughter cells. Each successive cell division will give rise to daughter cells with even more accumulated damage. Eventually, all checkpoints become nonfunctional, and rapidly reproducing cells crowd out normal cells, resulting in a tumor or leukemia (blood cancer).