daughter chromosomes - produced by the separation of identical sister chromatids in anaphase of mitosis.
diploid - a cell that contains two of each type of chromosome, such as a human somatic cell.
[edit] Daughter chromosomes
During the metaphase stage of mitosis, chromosomes, which become aligned on the equatorial plane, take on the shape of an "X" as a result of a repelling force between chromosomes.
Telophase: The daughter chromosomes arrive at the poles and the spindle fibers that have pulled them apart disappear.
In telophase, the daughter chromosomes arrive at the spindle poles and are eventually redistributed into bulk chromatin. Individual chromosomes begin to decondense back into chromatin at this stage and start to become less clearly defined.
"The daughter chromosomes, thus separated, travel in opposite directions along the fibrils of the achromatic spindle toward the centrioles, around which they group themselves, and thus two star-like figures are formed, ...
The daughter chromosomes will assemble centromeres in the same place as the parent chromosome, independent of sequence.
3rd phase: Anaphase: the two groups of daughter chromosomes separate and move along the fibres of the central spindle, each toward one of the asters, forming the diaster.
chromatid A replicated chromosome joined to its sister chromatid by the centromere; separates and becomes daughter chromosome at anaphase of mitosis or anaphase of the second meiotic division.
Chromatid: One of two copies of a replicated chromosome during mitosis. Together they are called sister chromatids. Each one becomes a daughter chromosome at anaphase of mitosis and at the second meiotic division.
The third stage of mitosis, beginning when the centromeres of duplicated chromosomes divide and sister chromotids separate from each other, and ending when a complete set of daughter chromosomes are located at each of the two poles of the cell.
Then, as the replication fork nears the end of the DNA, there is no longer enough template to continue forming Okazaki fragments. So the 5' end of each newly-synthesized strand cannot be completed. Thus each of the daughter chromosomes will have a ...
 See also: Mitosis, Chromosome, Cells, Chromosomes, Cell
  
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