telophase /tel″əfāz/ [Gk, telos + phasis, appearance] , the final of the four stages of nuclear division in mitosis and in each of the two divisions in meiosis. The newly produced daughter chromosomes from the preceding stage (anaphase) assemble at the poles of the spindle and become long and slender, the nuclear membrane forms around them, the nucleolus reappears, and the cytoplasm begins to divide. See also anaphase, interphase, meiosis, metaphase, mitosis, prophase.
