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prophase

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prophase [′prō‚fāz]
(cell and molecular biology)
The initial stage of mitotic or meiotic cell division in which chromosomes are condensed from the nuclear material and split logitudinally to form pairs.


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Chromosomes, cell membranes, and spindle fibers are modeled in LEGOs as the students move through the stages of interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
The description of mitosis included unusual detail, namely stages prophase II, anaphase II, and telophase II.
2] all showed the typical structure of the ovary in which the majority of germ cells were in the prophase of meiotic division and an ovarian cavity was formed in the center (Table 1, Figure 1B).
 
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