During anaphase of mitosis or meiosis, the number of cells is typically the same as in the previous phase of cell division. Anaphase is the stage where the sister chromatids separate and move to opposite poles of the cell. In mitosis, this results in two daughter cells having the same number of cells as the parent cell (typically 2n, where n is the number of chromosomes). In meiosis, anaphase I results in two cells with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell, and anaphase II results in four cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
