Metaphase

metaphase plate
the cellular plane on which the chromosomes are aligned during mitosis or meiosis
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
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Metaphase in the study of cancer and genetics
The analysis of metaphase chromosomes is one of the main tools of cancer cytogenetics.
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In metaphase, chromosomes align at the metaphase plate of the dividing cell.
Meiosis
Introduction to mitosis and the process of cell division.
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The plane of the equator of the spindle into which chromosomes are positioned during metaphase.
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Metaphase (from the Greek words μετά = after and φάσις = stage) is a stage of mitosis in the eukaryotic cell cycle in which condensed chromosomes align in the middle of the cell before being separated into ...
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The phase of mitosis, or cell division, when the chromosomes align along the center of the cell. Because metaphase chromosomes are highly condensed, scientists use these chromosomes for gene mapping and identifying chromosomal aberrations.
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Metaphase
the pair of chromosomes that are attached to spindle fibers are aligned at the metaphase plate ...
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Metaphase
Strasburger (1884) originally introduced this term for the stage of nulear division after (Gk. meta) the chromosomes (ch) have divided into chromatids, but from about 1905, ...
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Metaphase A stage in mitosis or meiosis during which the chromosomes are aligned along the equatorial plane of the cell.
Microarray Sets of miniaturized chemical reaction areas that may also be used to test DNA fragments, antibodies, or proteins.
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metaphase I: the phase during meiosis in which tetrads align on the equatorial plate (as in mitosis).
metaphase II: the phase during meiosis II in which the chromatid pairs gather at the center of the cell prior to separation.
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Metaphase I
Bivalents (tetrads) become aligned in the center of the cell and are attached to spindle fibers.
The chromosome alignment illustrated below is from a cell with a diploid chromosome number of 8.
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metaphase
[Gk. meta, middle + phasis, form]
The second stage of mitosis. During metaphase, all the cell's duplicated chromosomes are lined up at an imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle.
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metaphase The stage of eukaryotic cell division (mitosis or meiosis) in which the chromosomes line up at the equator of the cell. PICTURE ...
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metaphase Stage in mitosis when chromosomes become aligned in the middle of the cell and firmly attached to the mitotic spindle but have not yet segregated toward opposite poles.
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metaphase
a stage of nuclear division in eukaryote cells, occurring once in mitosis and twice in meiosis. This phase begins when all of the centromeres line up at the equatorial plane.
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Metaphase: A stage in mitosis or meiosis during which the chromosomes are aligned along the equatorial plane of the cell.
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3. Metaphase
At metaphase all the dyads have reached an equilibrium position midway between the poles called the metaphase plate. The chromosomes are at their most compact at this time.
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The expanded length of polytene chromosomes, relative to metaphase chromosomes, allows a much higher resolution mapping of morphological chromosome features than is possible with G- or Q-banding.
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mitosis The multistep process (interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase) in eukaryotic cells that results in the replication of chromosomes and cell division.
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[Gr. dia - apart; Gr. kinesis - movement]. The last stage of prophase 1 of meiosis, leading to metaphase of the first meiotic division. The chromosomes are at maximum condensation and the nuclear membrane breaks down.
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metaphase cells
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interphase nuclei
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Metaphase - phase of mitosis in which the chromosome pairs line up at the equator of the cell
Mitochondria - genetically independent organelles that produce energy for the cells along their many internal folds, called cristae ...
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