The meiotic counterpart to this phase sees the collection of transverse filaments to create a synaptonemal complex and the packing of homologs to form bivalents.
The meiotic counterpart to this phase sees the collection of transverse filaments to create a synaptonemal complex and the packing of homologs to form bivalents. In plants, during this phase, actin fibers line up; they will later guide the formation of cell plates during cytokinesis. During this phase, microtubules connect to (*) kinetochores, the mitotic spindle forms, the nuclear envelope disappears, and chromatin is condensed to form chromosomes. For 10 points, name this phase succeeded by metaphase, the first phase of mitosis.
The meiotic counterpart to this phase sees the collection of transverse filaments to create a synaptonemal complex and the packing of homologs to form bivalents.
prophase