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Anaphase lag describes the delayed movement during anaphase
Anaphase

Anaphase, is from the ancient Greek ??? and f?s?? , is the stage of mitosis






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Anaphase lag describes the delayed movement during anaphase
Anaphase

Anaphase, is from the ancient Greek ??? and f?s?? , is the stage of mitosis when chromosomes separate in a eukaryote cell . Each chromatid moves to opposite poles of the cell, the opposite ends of the mitotic spindle, near the microtubule organizing centers....
 of one homologous chromosome in mitosis
Mitosis

Mitosis is the process in which a eukaryotic cell separates the chromosomes in its cell nucleus, into two identical sets in two daughter nuclei....
 or of one chromatid
Chromatid

A chromatid is one among the two identical copies of DNA making up a replicated chromosome, which are joined at their centromeres, for the process of cell division ....
 in meiosis
Meiosis

In biology or life science, meiosis is a process of reductional division in which the number of chromosomes per cell is halved. In animals, meiosis always results in the formation of gametes, while in other organisms it can give rise to spores....
. The result is that the lagging chromosome is not incorporated into the nucleus of one of the daughter cells and there will be one normal cell and one cell with monosomy
Monosomy

Monosomy is a form of aneuploidy with the presence of only one chromosome from a pair. Partial monosomy occurs when only a portion of the chromosome has one copy, while the rest has two copies....
; i.e. the lagging chromosome will be lost.