Multiple Choice
In the eukaryotic cell cycle, cytokinesis (division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells) occurs primarily during which phase?
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16. Cell Division
Cytokinesis
Multiple Choice
In eukaryotic cell division, which process typically marks the completion of mitosis by physically separating the cytoplasm into two daughter cells?
A
Crossing over at chiasmata
B
DNA replication during S phase
C
Cytokinesis
D
Synapsis of homologous chromosomes
Verified step by step guidance1
Understand that mitosis is the process of nuclear division where replicated chromosomes are separated into two nuclei.
Recognize that mitosis itself does not physically separate the entire cell into two; it only divides the nucleus.
Identify that the physical separation of the cytoplasm into two daughter cells is a distinct process called cytokinesis.
Recall that cytokinesis typically occurs immediately after mitosis, completing the cell division cycle by forming two separate cells.
Note that other options like crossing over, DNA replication, and synapsis are related to meiosis or earlier cell cycle phases, not the final step of mitosis.
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