which step of mitosis does the following sentence describe? the chromosomes are aligned at the metaphase plate (a plane that is equally distant from the two spindle poles).
The third stage of mitosis, in which the spindle is complete and the chromosomes, attached to microtubules at their kinetochores, are all aligned at the metaphase plate. Metaphase plate An imaginary plane during metaphase in which the centromeres of all the duplicated chromosomes are located midway between the two poles. Metastasis The spread of cancer cells to locations distant from their original site.