AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -During metaphase, the kinetochore microtubules pull the sister chromatids back and forth until they align along the equator of the cell, called the equatorial plane.

Detailed explanation-2: -Metaphase. Chromosomes line up at the metaphase plate, under tension from the mitotic spindle. The two sister chromatids of each chromosome are captured by microtubules from opposite spindle poles. In metaphase, the spindle has captured all the chromosomes and lined them up at the middle of the cell, ready to divide.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metaphase: During metaphase, each of the 46 chromosomes line up along the center of the cell at the metaphase plate.

Detailed explanation-4: -Metaphase is a stage during the process of cell division (mitosis or meiosis). Normally, individual chromosomes are spread out in the cell nucleus. During metaphase, the nucleus dissolves and the cell’s chromosomes condense and move together, aligning in the center of the dividing cell.

Detailed explanation-5: -In anaphase of mitosis: (a) Chromosomes move to spindle equator and get aligned along metaphase plate.