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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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