CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL CYCLE
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prophase
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metaphase
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anaphase
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telophase
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Detailed explanation-1: -Metaphase. During metaphase, spindle fibers attach to the centromere of each pair of sister chromatids (see Figure below). The sister chromatids line up at the equator, or center, of the cell. This is also known as the metaphase plate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Metaphase: During metaphase, each of the 46 chromosomes line up along the center of the cell at the metaphase plate.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Spindle fibers align the chromosomes along the middle of the cell nucleus. This line is referred to as the metaphase plate.
Detailed explanation-5: -In metaphase II, the chromosomes line up individually along the metaphase plate. In anaphase II, the sister chromatids separate and are pulled towards opposite poles of the cell. In telophase II, nuclear membranes form around each set of chromosomes, and the chromosomes decondense.