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Mitosis 3: Anaphase

[Animal cell anaphase. Notice the spindle fibers begin to pull the two sets of chromosome toward the opposite poles.]

In anaphase two events occur. First the kinetochores begin to move towards the poles. Then the polar fibers elongate, spreading the poles farther apart from each other.

Continue on to Mitosis 4: Telophase