During prophase, the replicated pairs of chromosomes condense and compact themselves ... mitosis refers specifically to the separation of the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus.

How did early biologists unravel this complex dance of chromosomes? Cells duplicate and condense their DNA prior to entering mitosis. During mitosis, chromosomes attach to a spindle of ...

Their most recent work investigated the granular details of how proteins stabilize key structures on chromatids—condensed or compact DNA—to enable the separation of the duplicated DNA ... site in the ...