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 ________.
A) an animal cell in the process of cytokinesis
B) a plant cell in the process of cytokinesis
C) a bacterial cell dividing
D) a plant cell in metaphase

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The presence of a cell plate is characteristic of plant cells undergoing cytokinesis. Animal cells do not form a cell plate; instead, they undergo cytokinesis through the formation of a cleavage furrow. Bacterial cells divide by binary fission, which does not involve the formation of a cell plate. Metaphase is a stage of mitosis where chromosomes align at the cell's equator, not a stage where a cell plate forms.

Through a Microscope, You Can See a Cell Plate Beginning