The sister chromatids detach from one another and become visibly separated chromosomes during ____.

A) anaphase
B) metaphase
C) interphase
D) prophase
E) telophase

Sister Chromatids

Identical copies of a chromosome connected by a centromere, formed during DNA replication.

Anaphase

A phase of mitosis and meiosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell.

Separated Chromosomes

Chromosomes that have been pulled apart from their original pair during cell division.