Multiple Choice
In the cell cycle, the cytoplasm and plasma membrane divide during which process?
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16. Cell Division
Cytokinesis
Multiple Choice
After mitosis is complete in a typical animal cell, what process most directly follows to physically separate the daughter cells?
A
Cytokinesis, in which an actin-myosin contractile ring forms a cleavage furrow to divide the cytoplasm
B
Disassembly of the nuclear envelope to allow spindle microtubules to attach to kinetochores
C
Crossing over between homologous chromosomes to increase genetic diversity
D
DNA replication during S phase to duplicate the genome for the next division
Verified step by step guidance1
Understand the sequence of events in the cell cycle, focusing on what happens immediately after mitosis (M phase).
Recall that mitosis is the process where duplicated chromosomes are separated into two daughter nuclei.
Identify that the physical separation of the cytoplasm into two distinct daughter cells is called cytokinesis.
Recognize that cytokinesis involves the formation of a contractile ring composed of actin and myosin filaments, which creates a cleavage furrow to divide the cell.
Distinguish cytokinesis from other processes such as nuclear envelope disassembly (which occurs before mitosis), crossing over (which occurs during meiosis), and DNA replication (which occurs during S phase before mitosis).
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