Through a Microscope, You Can See a Cell Plate Beginning

question 26

Multiple Choice

Through a microscope, you can see a cell plate beginning to develop across the middle of a cell and nuclei forming on either side of the cell plate. This cell is most likely

• A) an animal cell in the process of cytokinesis.
• B) a plant cell in the process of cytokinesis.
• C) an animal cell in the S phase of the cell cycle.
• D) a bacterial cell dividing.
• E) a plant cell in metaphase.

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