Looking into your microscope, you spot an unusual cell. Instead of the typical rounded cell shape, the cell has a very narrow middle separating two bulging ends. It sort of looks like the number 8! You realize that this cell is
A) undergoing cytokinesis.
B) in the S phase of interphase.
C) in the G1 phase of interphase.
D) about to undergo mitosis.

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The narrow middle separating two bulging ends is a characteristic of a cell undergoing cytokinesis, the final stage of cell division where the cytoplasm divides and two daughter cells are formed. This stage typically follows mitosis, which has already resulted in the formation of two nuclei. The other choices (B and C) refer to different stages of interphase, the stage between cell divisions, and D refers to a general process of cell division without specificity to the given cell shape.

Looking into Your Microscope, You Spot an Unusual Cell