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What is a prophase?

What is a prophase? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The first stage of mitosis, during which chromatin condenses to form the chromosomes.
  2. The first stage of meiosis.
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The prophase covers all changes up to the completion of the mitotic figure.
The bouquet structure of chromosomes is usually a transitory prophase stage in other eukaryotes.
This pattern is generally characterized by nuclear localization during interphase and prophase and association with the spindle midzone during anaphase and telophase.
These questions asked the reader to describe and draw the cell when it was in the telophase and the late prophase stages of mitosis.
For example, opposite arms may be juxtaposed during prophase of meiosis, providing opportunities for gene-conversion type events.
During meiotic prophase in females, chromosomes condense and pair to form bivalents.

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