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Which stage of mitosis follows immediately after prophase?
AMetaphase comes next
BAnaphase comes next
CPrometaphase comes next
DTelophase comes next
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Prometaphase comes next
1. Mitosis runs through five named stages in a fixed order.
2. That order is prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase.
3. Prometaphase is therefore the stage straight after prophase.
4. Metaphase comes one step later, once the spindle fibers have attached.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 1e (CC BY 4.0), Chs 10 and 11, section 10.2 The Cell Cycle_
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