metaphase
/met-uh-feyz/US // ˈmɛt əˌfeɪz //UK // (ˈmɛtəˌfeɪz) //
相变期,阶段性,会期,相位期
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Cell Biology.
- : the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
Examples
Diploid (2n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in late prophase and metaphase of mitosis.
Haploid (n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in diakinesis, metaphase I, and metaphase II of meiosis.
Figure 29 is the equatorial plate of a metaphase in which the larger component of the unequal pair has been removed in sectioning.
Figure 260 shows a side view of the second spindle in metaphase, and figure 261 in anaphase.
Figures 50 and 51 show polar views of the metaphase, the smaller element (x) being the unequal pair.
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