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noun - the second stage of meiosis
noun - the second stage of mitosis
The stage of mitosis and meiosis, following prophase and preceding anaphase, during which the chromosomes are aligned along the metaphase plate.
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The stage of mitosis and meiosis, following prophase and preceding anaphase, during which the chromosomes are aligned along the metaphase plate. |
the second stage of cell division, between prophase and anaphase, during which the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibres. |
the second stage of mitosis |
the second stage of meiosis |
the stage of cell division in which the chromosomes arrange themselves along the middle of the cell |
the stage of cell division in which the chromosomes ( cell structures containing information) arrange themselves along the middle of the cell |
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Metaphase (from the Greek , "adjacent" and , "stage") is a stage of mitosis in the eukaryotic cell cycle in which chromosomes are at their second-most condensed and coiled stage (they are at their most condensed in anaphase). These chromosomes, carrying genetic information, align in the equator of the cell before being separated into each of the two daughter cells. Metaphase accounts for approximately 4% of the cell cycle's duration. * Preceded by events in prometaphase and followed by anaphase, microtubules formed in prophase have already found and attached themselves to kinetochores in metaphase.* In metaphase, the centromeres of the chromosomes convene themselves on the metaphase plate (or equatorial plate), an imaginary line that is equidistant from the two centrosome poles. This even alignment is due to the counterbalance of the pulling powers generated by the opposing kinetochore microtubules, analogous to a tug-of-war between two people of equal strength, ending with the destructi |