The stages of mitosis (IMAGE) University of California - San Diego Caption Images of human cells at different stages of mitosis. Chromosomes are colored cyan, spindle microtubules in red and spindle poles are yellow. Credit Jiawei Xu, UC San Diego Usage Restrictions Must be used in conjunction with Science paper on mitosis stopwatch License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.