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Metaphase (from
Ancient Gr**** μετα- (meta-) beyond, above,
transcending and from
Ancient Gr**** φάσις (phásis) 'appearance') is a
stage of
mitosis in the...
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homologous chromosome pairs along the
metaphase plate during metaphase I and
orientation of
sister chromatids in
metaphase II, this is the
subsequent separation...
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stages are
preprophase (specific to
plant cells), prophase, prometaphase,
metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
During mitosis, the chromosomes,
which have...
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copies are
called 'sister chromatids'.
During metaphase, the
duplicated structure (called a '
metaphase chromosome') is
highly condensed and thus easiest...
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follows prophase and
precedes metaphase. In
metaphase, the
centromeres of the
chromosomes align themselves on the
metaphase plate (or
equatorial plate)...
- φάσις (phásis) 'appearance') is the
stage of
mitosis after the
process of
metaphase, when
replicated chromosomes are
split and the newly-copied chromosomes...
- (heterochromatin). Higher-level DNA
supercoiling of the 30 nm
fiber produces the
metaphase chromosome (during
mitosis and meiosis). Many organisms, however, do not...
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Prometaphase is the
phase of
mitosis following prophase and
preceding metaphase in
eukaryotic somatic cells. In prometaphase, the
nuclear membrane breaks...
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spindle checkpoint, also
known as the
metaphase-to-anaphase transition, the
spindle ****embly
checkpoint (SAC), the
metaphase checkpoint, or the
mitotic checkpoint...
- solution,
which swells them and
spreads the
chromosomes Arresting mitosis in
metaphase by a
solution of
colchicine Squashing the
preparation on the
slide forcing...
