Metaphase, from the ancient Greek μετα (after) and φασις (stage), is a stage of mitosis in the eukaryotic cell cycle in which condensed chromosomes, carrying genetic information, align in...
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In mitosis metaphase the mitotic spindel attaches to one side of a pair of chromosomes and seperates them so that one chromosome ends up on each side.In metaphase 1 of meiosis, the mitotic spindel...