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Cytokinesis
last stage of mitosis and meiosis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cytokinesis is the division of cells after either mitosis or meiosis I and II.
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During cytokinesis, the cytoplasm (the liquid center of the cell that holds the organelles into place) splits into two equal halves, and the cell becomes two daughter cells. This occurs right after the beginning of anaphase (in mitosis and in meiosis I and II).
Cell division continues during telophase (in mitosis and in meiosis I and II) until the cell has completely divided. mitosis and meiosis II starts again after cytokinesis. A new and complete nucleus has been formed in each of the two cells.[1]