What would be revealed in a comparison of mitosis and cytokinesis in animal cells and plant cells?

a. A cleavage furrow is initiated in animal cells, while a cell plate begins to form in plant cells during telophase.
b. The nuclear envelope disintegrates in prophase in animal cells, but remains intact in plant cells.
c. Sister chromatids are identical in animal cells, but they differ from one another in plants.
d. In animal cells, chromosomes do not become attached to the spindle until anaphase, whereas chromosom


Ans: a. A cleavage furrow is initiated in animal cells, while a cell plate begins to form in plant cells during telophase.

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