Telophase II
Definition
Telophase II is the final phase in meiosis where nuclear membranes form around each set of chromosomes, which decondense back into chromatin. The cytoplasm then divides resulting in four haploid daughter cells.
Analogy
Imagine you're baking cookies for your friends. You've mixed all ingredients (prophase), cut them into shapes (metaphase), baked them separately (anaphase). Now, telophase would be like packaging these cookies individually so they can be given out - just like how chromosomes get their own new nuclei before being separated into new cells!
Related terms
Cytokinesis: This is when cytoplasm divides after nuclear division has occurred, creating two or more individual cells.
Chromatin: It's DNA material that condenses to form chromosomes during eukaryotic cell division.
Haploid: A cell that contains a single set of chromosomes.
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