telophase
See also: télophase
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “completion”) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin phasis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “an appearance”), from φάειν (pháein, “to shine”).
Noun
telophase (plural telophases)
- (biology) The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the daughter chromosomes move towards opposite ends of the nuclear spindle.
- 1901 June, Edward. G. Conklin, “The individuality of the germ nuclei during the cleavage of the egg of Crepidula”, in Biological Bulletin, volume 2, number 6:
- This separateness is most easily observed in the telophase of each division, though in some cleavage cells it may be seen in the prophase also, or even throughout the resting period.