Telophase 435760 214801629 2008-05-25T09:55:24Z JamMan 2154615 [[Image:cytokinesis-electron-micrograph.jpg|thumb|right|350px|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.]] [[Image:Telophase.jpg|frame|right|'''Telophase:''' The pinching is known as cleavage furrow, and can only occur in animal cells. For rigid plant cells, a Cell Plate forms. Note the decondensing chromosomes.]] [[Image:Telophase_of_the_HT1080_cell_line.PNG|frame|right|'''Telophase:''' A cell (from the HT1080 cell line) currently in the telophase of mitosis. Note: the cytoplasm is not visible, only the condensed DNA which has been stained with [[DAPI]]. Part of a nucleus of a cell currently in [[interphase]] is showingIin the lower right corner.]] '''Telophase''' (sometimes spelled ''telephase''), from the [[ancient Greek]] "τελος" (end) and "φασις" (stage), is a stage in either [[meiosis]] or [[mitosis]] in a [[eukaryote|eukaryotic]] [[cell (biology)|cell]] reversing the effects of [[prophase]] and [[prometaphase]] events. [[Cytokinesis]], if slated to occur, usually occurs at the same time the nuclear envelope is reforming, although they are distinct processes. In [[animal cell]]s, a [[cleavage furrow]] develops where the [[metaphase]] plate used to be, pinching off the separated nuclei. 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. Each daughter cell has a complete copy of the [[genome]] of its parent cell, and mitosis is complete. {{Navbox | name = Cell cycle | title = [[Cell cycle]] | group1 = [[Interphase]] | list1 = [[G1 phase]] - [[S phase]] - [[G2 phase]] | group2 = [[Cell division|M phase]] | list2 = [[Mitosis]] ([[Prophase]], [[Prometaphase]], [[Metaphase]], [[Anaphase]], [[Telophase]]) - [[Cytokinesis]] | group3 = [[Cell cycle checkpoint]]s | list3 = [[Restriction point]] - [[Postreplication checkpoint]] | group4 = | list4 = | group5 = | list5 = }} [[fr:Télophase]] [[pl:Telofaza]] [[pt:Telófase]] [[ro:Telofază]] [[Category:Mitosis]]