A cell during telophase that has almost completed cytokinesis. The nuclei in both cells have already formed. An arrow points to a centrosome that can still be seen.

Telophase (sometimes spelled telephase), from the ancient Greek "τελος" (end) and "φασις" (stage), is a stage in either meiosis or mitosis in a eukaryotic cell reversing the effects of prophase and prometaphase events. During those events, the nucleus was dissolved and the chromatin in the cell was condensed into chromosomes. Telophase thus "cleans up" the secondary after-effects of mitosis. Image File history File links An electron micrograph image of a cell that has almost completed cell division and cytokinesis. ... Image File history File links An electron micrograph image of a cell that has almost completed cell division and cytokinesis. ... The centrosome is the main microtubule organizing center (MTOC) of the cell as well as a regulator of cell-cycle progression. ... Image File history File links This is step VII cut out from Image:Gray2. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... Not to be confused with miosis. ... Mitosis divides genetic information during cell division. ... Kingdoms Animalia - Animals Fungi Plantae - Plants Chromalveolata Protista Alternative phylogeny Unikonta Opisthokonta Metazoa Choanozoa Eumycota Amoebozoa Bikonta Apusozoa Cabozoa Rhizaria Excavata Corticata Archaeplastida Chromalveolata Animals, plants, fungi, and protists are eukaryotes (IPA: ), organisms whose cells are organized into complex structures by internal membranes and a cytoskeleton. ... Drawing of the structure of cork as it appeared under the microscope to Robert Hooke from Micrographia which is the origin of the word cell being used to describe the smallest unit of a living organism Cells in culture, stained for keratin (red) and DNA (green) The cell is the... Newt lung cell in Prophase, with the mitotic spindles stained green and the cell nucleus and chromatin stained blue. ... In early prometaphase, the nuclear membrane has just degraded, allowing the microtubules to quickly interact with the kinetochores on the chromosomes, which have just condensed. ... Chromatin is the complex of DNA and protein found inside the nuclei of eukaryotic cells. ... Figure 1: A representation of a condensed eukaryotic chromosome, as seen during cell division. ...

At this stage, the non-kinetochore microtubules continue to lengthen, further elongating the cell. Corresponding sister chromosomes, which are the results of anaphase, attach at opposite ends of the cell. A new nuclear envelope, using fragments of the parent cell's nuclear membrane, forms around each set of separated sister chromosomes. Both sets of chromosomes, now surrounded by new nuclei, unfold back into chromatin. The kinetochore is the protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis. ... Microtubules are one of the components of the cytoskeleton. ... Newt lung cell during late anaphase. ... The nuclear envelope (also known as the perinuclear envelope, nuclear membrane, nucleolemma or karyotheca) is the double membrane of the nucleus that encloses genetic material in eukaryotic cells. ... The nuclear envelope refers to the double membrane of the nucleus that encloses genetic material in eukaryotic cells. ... Chromatin is the complex of DNA and protein found inside the nuclei of eukaryotic cells. ...

Cytokinesis, if slated to occur, usually occurs at the same time the nuclear envelope is reforming, although they are distinct processes. In animal cells, a cleavage furrow develops where the metaphase plate used to be, pinching off the separated nuclei. A cell that has almost completed cytokinesis. ... A three-dimensional diagram of the animal cell, including its organelles. ... In cell biology, the cleavage furrow is the indentation that begins the process of cleavage, by which animal cells undergo cytokinesis. ... An image of a newt lung cell stained with fluorescent dyes during metaphase. ...

In plant cells, vesicles derived from the Golgi apparatus move to the middle of the cell along a microtubule scaffold called the phragmoplast. This structure directs packets of cell wall materials which coalesce into a disk-shaped structure called a cell plate. The cell plate grows out centrifugally and eventually develops into a proper cell wall, separating the two nuclei. Micrograph of Golgi apparatus, visible as a stack of semicircular black rings near the bottom. ... A phragmoplast is the center region of the mitotic spindle of a cell during the telophase portion of mitosis. ... A cell wall is a fairly rigid layer surrounding a cell, located external to the cell membrane, that provides the cell with structural support, protection, and a filtering mechanism. ... Cytokinesis in terrestrial plants occurs by cell plate formation. ... Cytokinesis in terrestrial plants occurs by cell plate formation. ...

Each daughter cell has a complete copy of the genome of its parent cell, and mitosis is complete. In biology the genome of an organism is the whole hereditary information of an organism that is encoded in the DNA (or, for some viruses, RNA). ...