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Cytokinesis: The division of the cytoplasm during cell division.

Telophase: The final stage of mitosis in which the chromosomes migrate to opposite poles, a new nuclear envelope forms, and the chromosomes uncoil. The last phase of nuclear division in eukaryotes when . . . View Full Definition

Separation: Splitting of the cytoplasm by cytokinesis (= cytokinesis).

Cleavage Furrow: A constriction of the cell membrane at the equator of the cell that marks the beginning of cytokinesis in animal cells. The cell divides as the furrow deepens.

Cell Plate: In plants, a membrane-bound space produced during cytokinesis by the vesicles of the Golgi apparatus. The cell plate fuses with the plasma membrane, dividing the cell into two compartments.