Through a microscope, you can see a cell plate beginning to develop across the middle of a cell and nuclei forming on either side of the cell plate. This cell is most likely ________.

Question

a plant cell in the process of cytokinesis
a plant cell in metaphase of mitosis
an animal cell in anaphase of mitosis
an animal cell in the process of cytokinesis

Answer 1

This cell is most likely a plant cell in the process of cytokinesis.

In plant cells, during cytokinesis, a cell plate forms across the middle of the cell to eventually develop into a new cell wall, whereas in animal cells, the process involves cleavage furrow formation and does not involve a cell plate. The presence of nuclei forming on either side of the cell plate also indicates that the cell is in the final stages of division.