When examining the rapidly dividing cells of a fish embryo,a researcher notices a cell that seems to contain two nuclei.The middle of the cell is pinched inward.This cell must be in ________ of mitosis.

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The image described indicates that the cell is in telophase of mitosis, which is the final stage where the cell is undergoing cytokinesis and the cytoplasm is dividing. The pinched middle of the cell is likely the cleavage furrow forming to separate the two daughter cells. The presence of two nuclei suggests that the cell has undergone nuclear division (mitosis) but has not yet finished cytokinesis.

When Examining the Rapidly Dividing Cells of a Fish Embryo,a