In eukaryotic cell division, which statement best describes the relationship between mitosis and cytokinesis?

• A. Cytokinesis occurs only during prophase of mitosis and is completed before chromosomes align at the metaphase plate.
• B. Cytokinesis occurs only after meiosis II and does not occur during mitotic cell division.
• C. Cytokinesis is not part of mitosis; it is a separate process that typically overlaps with late mitosis to divide the cytoplasm and produce two daughter cells.
• D. Cytokinesis is the same as mitosis and refers specifically to the segregation of duplicated chromosomes into two nuclei.

Answer: (C)