Question

Study the diagram given below which represents a stage during the mitotic cell division and answer the questions that follow:
Mention the stage that comes before the stage shown in the diagram. Draw a neat labelled diagram of the stage mentioned.

Answer 1

The stage shown in the diagram is telophase as the the mitotic spindle disappears, the two sets of daughter chromosomes reach opposite poles and the nuclear envelope reforms. The stage that comes before telophase is anaphase.

Anaphase- The centromeres separate, and one of each pair of sister chromatids migrates to each end of the spindle as the microtubules that form the mitotic spindle contract.

Hence, the stage that comes before the stage shown in the diagram is Anaphase.