princesskay491 princesskay491 11-02-2017 Biology contestada 42 points --> briefly explain why each statement is inaccurate or misleading. 1) the first stage of mitosis is the duplication of the chromosomes. 2) every cell of a sexually reproducing organism has the same number of chromosomes 3)Cells spend most of their time in the mitotic (M) phase of the cell cycle.