A cleavage furrow is ________.
A) a ring of vesicles forming a cell plate
B) the separation of divided prokaryotes
C) a groove in the plasma membrane between daughter nuclei
D) the space that is created between two chromatids during anaphase

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A cleavage furrow is a groove that forms in the plasma membrane between the two daughter nuclei during cytokinesis in animal cells. This groove deepens until the cytoplasm is pinched in two, resulting in two separate daughter cells. Option A describes the formation of a cell plate in plant cells during cytokinesis, which is different from the formation of a cleavage furrow. Option B describes the separation of divided prokaryotes, which is not related to the process of cytokinesis in eukaryotic cells. Option D describes the separation of sister chromatids during anaphase of mitosis, which is different from the process of cytokinesis that occurs after mitosis.

A Cleavage Furrow Is ________