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|last=Carter
|first=J. Stein
|title=Mitosis
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114201118/http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/mitosis-and-cell-division-205
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|accessdate=2019-10-10
}}</ref> Mitosis and cytokinesis together define the '''mitotic''' ('''M''') '''phase''' of an animal cell cycle—the division of the mother cell into two daughter cells genetically identical to each other.
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}}</ref> The result is two genetically identical daughter nuclei. The rest of the cell may then continue to divide by cytokinesis to produce two daughter cells.<!--<REF name=Maton1997/>--> Producing three or more daughter cells instead of the normal two is a mitotic error called tripolar mitosis or multipolar mitosis (direct cell triplication / multiplication).<ref name="Occurrence 2014">{{REFjournal
|last=Kalatova |first=B, . |last2=Jesenska |first2=R, . |last3=Hlinka |first3=D, . |last4=Dudas |first4=M.
|title=Tripolar mitosis in human cells and embryos: occurrence, pathophysiology and medical implications
|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270288317_Tripolar_mitosis_in_human_cells_and_embryos_Occurrence_pathophysiology_and_medical_implications
|accessdate=2019-10-10
}}</ref> Other errors during mitosis can induce apoptosis (programmed cell death) or cause mutations. Certain types of cancer can arise from such mutations.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Kops GJ, |first=G.J. |last2=Weaver BA, |first2=B.A. |last3=Cleveland DW |first3=D.W.
|title=On the road to cancer: aneuploidy and the mitotic checkpoint
|journal=Nature Reviews. Cancer
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