The document summarizes key aspects of the cell cycle and cell division. It discusses how cell division results in genetically identical daughter cells through DNA replication and chromosome separation. The mitotic phase alternates with interphase in the cell cycle. Mitosis is divided into prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. Cytokinesis then divides the cytoplasm. The cell cycle is regulated by a molecular control system involving cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases. Cancer cells exhibit deregulated cell cycle control and proliferation.