Biology · Ch 7 — Cell Division
Anaphase
Anaphase
Anaphase begins the moment the chromatids of every chromosome separate from each other, each becoming an independent daughter chromosome in its own right. The spindle apparatus pulls the two resulting sets of chromosomes away from each other, toward opposite poles of the cell. As they are dragged apart, the moving chromosomes fan out in a way that is often described as resembling a bunch of bananas. Anaphase is considered com …
What this figure shows. A cell in which the centromere of every chromosome has divided, so that its two chromatids have separated into two independent daughter chromosomes; the two resulting sets are shown mid-transit, being drawn toward opposite poles by the spindle fibres, giving the whole group of moving chromosomes the character …