Telophase
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[[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.
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| 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]]
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[[Category:Mitosis]]