Given below is a diagram representing a stage during mitotic cell division in an animal cell. Examine it carefully and answer the question which follow.
(a) Identify the stage. Give one reason in support of your answer.

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(a) The above diagram shows the late prophase stage in an animal cell. This is because the nuclear membrane and nucleolus have disappeared after the formation of spindle fibres.

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Given below is a diagram representing a stage during mitotic cell division in an animal cell. Examine it carefully and answer the questions which follow.
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(b) Name the cell organelle that forms the 'aster'.
(c) Name the parts labelled 1, 2 and 3.
(d) Name the stage that follows the one shown here. How is that stage identified?
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(i) The number of daughter cells produced.
(ii) The chromosome number in the daughter cells.