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telophase
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telophase /telo·phase/ (-fāz) the last of the four stages of mitosis and of the two divisions of meiosis, in which the chromosomes arrive at the poles of the cell and the cytoplasm divides; in plants, the cell wall also forms.
tel·o·phase (tl-fz, tl-)
n.
The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the chromosomes of daughter cells are grouped in new nuclei.

telo·phasic adj.

telophase
[tel′əfāz]
Etymology: Gk, telos + phasis, appearance
the final of the four stages of nuclear division in mitosis and in each of the two divisions in meiosis. The newly produced daughter chromosomes from the preceding stage (anaphase) assemble at the poles of the spindle and become long and slender, the nuclear membrane forms around them, the nucleolus reappears, and the cytoplasm begins to divide. See also anaphase, interphase, meiosis, metaphase, mitosis, prophase.

telophase [tel´o-fāz]
the last of the four stages of mitosis and of the two divisions of meiosis.

telophase
the last of the four stages of mitosis and of the two divisions of meiosis.


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