A cell is viewed under a microscope and is found to have two nuclear envelopes and spindles that appear to be breaking apart. Which phase of mitosis is the cell most likely in?
a. Telophase
b. Anaphase
c. Metaphase
d. Prophase
Mitosis is the process in which cells divide to
form new cells. The cell that is being described under the microscope is
already in the Anaphase stage in mitosis.
Anaphase is the process in which two sister chromatids separate and move to
opposite poles of the cell. These two sister chromatids contain identical
copies of DNA that are joined at the middle called centromere. The chromosomes
are separated by the mitotic spindle. Towards the end of the anaphase the two sister chromatids now have their two
separate poles. The mitotic process then proceeds to the
Telophase.
the final phase of cell division, between Anaphase and Interphase, in which the Chromatids or chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed.
