[Reviews of the Cell Cycle]


1. The stage of mitosis that is shown below is known as anaphase (late). It is not telophase as the chromosomes are still visible and no cell plate is visible yet.

During anaphase, the two sister chromatids that were lined up at the equator begin to be moved apart as they are moved to opposite poles by the spindle fibers. Once separated, the chromatids are more correctly known as chromosomes.

 

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