a new nucleus forms around each copy of DNA
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During telophase, the nuclear membrane reforms around the separated chromosomes at opposite poles of the cell. The chromosomes begin to uncoil and return to their diffuse, threadlike chromatin form. This marks the end of nuclear division in mitosis.
The nuclear membrane reforms during late telophase of mitosis or meiosis, while the nucleolus reappears during interphase.
Cytoplasm splits in two during the process of cytokinesis, which follows the division of the nucleus (mitosis or meiosis). In cytokinesis, the cell divides into two daughter cells by physically splitting the cytoplasm and organelles between them. This completes the cell division process.
In mitosis, the phases are prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. In meiosis, the phases are similar but with two rounds of division: prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, telophase I, followed by prophase II, metaphase II, anaphase II, and telophase II.
Two complete daughter cells are formed in Meiosis II. Meiosis II follows Meiosis I where the two daughter cells produced by Meiosis I undergo further division to form a total of four haploid daughter cells.
The final phase of mitosis is telophase, during which two separate nuclei form in each of the newly divided daughter cells. This phase involves the reformation of the nuclear envelope around the separated sets of chromosomes, marking the completion of cell division.