Question

Which of the following is the shortest phase?
a) Metaphase
b) Anaphase
c) Interphase
d) S-phase

Answer 1

b) anaphase but anaphase is not a part of mitiosis

Answer 2

The correct answer to this question is option (b) anaphase.

Anaphase is the fourth stage of cell mitosis where there is a separation of the duplicate genetic material from the nucleus of the main cell or the parent cell into two similar daughter cells.

Before the beginning of the anaphase the chromosomes get replicated which are known as the sister chromatoids.