<P> Metaphase ( from the Greek μετά , `` adjacent '' and φάσις , `` 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 . </P>
<P> Metaphase ( from the Greek μετά , `` adjacent '' and φάσις , `` 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 . </P>
what does a chromosome look like during metaphase
what does a chromosome look like during metaphase
at their second-most condensed and coiled stage
at their second-most condensed and coiled stage