Telophase
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Telophase is the final phase of mitosis. It begins when the sister chromatids reach the poles of the cell and stop moving. Everything that has happened up until this point is reversed. The nuclear membrane reforms; the nucleoli reform; the spindle apparatus dissolves; the chromosomes unwind. At the completion of telophase, the cell contains two nuclei.
The first image to the near right is a photograph of a model of an animal cell during telophase. Notice how the chromosomes are clustered together. A cleavage furrow is evident and the membrane separating the two daughter cells has formed. The photomicrograph to the far right is of whitefish blastula cells. The chromosomes are the darkly staining bodies. They are less distinct.
