NEETBotanyCell Cycle and Cell Division
What is the main characteristic of telophase?
Options
- AChromosomes condense and gain individuality
- BChromosomes decondense and lose their individuality
- CChromosomes split and move to opposite poles
- DChromosomes reform into chromatin material
Correct answer
B. Chromosomes decondense and lose their individuality
Step-by-step solution
At the beginning of the final stage of karyokinesis, i.e., telophase, the chromosomes that have reached their respective poles decondense and lose their individuality. The individual chromosomes can no longer be seen and each set of chromatin material tends to collect at each of the two poles.This is the stage which shows the following key events Chromosomes cluster at opposite spindle poles and their identity is lost as discrete elements. Nuclear envelope develops around the chromosome clusters at each pole formin