Which event occurs during Telophase?

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Which event occurs during Telophase?

Telophase is the stage when the cell completes mitosis by re-forming nuclei around the two sets of chromosomes that have arrived at opposite poles. The chromosomes begin to uncoil (de-condense) and become less visible, and the nuclear envelope re-forms around each chromosome cluster, giving two distinct nuclei. Chromatids separation happens in anaphase, when the sister chromatids are pulled apart. Chromosome replication occurs earlier, during the S phase of interphase, not during mitosis. Spindle fibers largely disappear as the cell finishes mitosis, but the hallmark event of telophase is the formation of two nuclei and the de-condensation of chromosomes.

Telophase is the stage when the cell completes mitosis by re-forming nuclei around the two sets of chromosomes that have arrived at opposite poles. The chromosomes begin to uncoil (de-condense) and become less visible, and the nuclear envelope re-forms around each chromosome cluster, giving two distinct nuclei.

Chromatids separation happens in anaphase, when the sister chromatids are pulled apart. Chromosome replication occurs earlier, during the S phase of interphase, not during mitosis. Spindle fibers largely disappear as the cell finishes mitosis, but the hallmark event of telophase is the formation of two nuclei and the de-condensation of chromosomes.

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