when is it easiest to see chromosomes
Confidence votes 7.7K. Chromosomes are easiest to see when they are condensed (coiled and supercoiled, so that they become short and fat).They are at their most condensed from late prophase through to early telophase, in either mitosis or meiosis.he tetrad is a structure that only exists during the late stages of Prophase I and early stages of Metaphase I in Mieosis I. Prior to being sent off to different cells, the h â¦ omologous chromosomes clump together in these units called tetrads consisting of 2 chromosomes and 4 chromatids.