Biology A-Level
Chromosome behaviour during division
What Chromosome behaviour during division means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Chromosome behaviour during division
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Chromosomes condense and become visible in prophase, line up along the equator in metaphase, sister chromatids are pulled apart to opposite poles in anaphase, and chromosomes decondense in telophase.
Topics that use Chromosome behaviour during division
- Cell division, cell diversity and cellular organisation (OCR A-Level)
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