Prophase II begins with the two daughter cells produced by the first meiotic division (see figure right). As in prophase I, the chromosomes are condensed and not yet attached to the spindle apparatus.
If there was an interkinesis, then the nuclear envelopes begin to break down again during this stage. The centrosomes have replicated and are moving toward the poles. Again, a spindle apparatus is growing outward from the centrosomes.
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