The word Telophage is formed from the Greek words telo meaning end and phage meaning state. Telophase is the last stage of mitosis cell division. It is also called interphase.
Telophase is the opposite of prophase. Chromosomes are fixed at opposite poles. Water hydration begins between the chromosomes. As a result, the color or dye capacity of chromosomes decreases. In the process of de-condensation, the coils or patches of chromosomes open up, become narrower and longer and form the nucleoli. The structure of the spindle apparatus breaks down and gradually disappears. Nuclear membrane and nucleolus reappear. Each daughter nucleus has the same number of chromosomes as the mother nucleus. At the end of the telophase phase, cell plates in plant cells and cell membranes in animal cells are furrowed along the equator.