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Figure 2. prophase (CC BY-NC-SA; LadyofHats)
Cytokinesis describes the division of the cytoplasm and while it is not a stage of mitosis (nuclear division), but does result in the
completion of cell division and the end of the cell cycle. In animal cells, cytokinesis involves the formation of a cleavage furrow,
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which pinches the cell into two distinct daughter cells.
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