Question

What is the structures which line up in the middle of the cell during METAPHASE? Question 3 options:

Pairs of highly condensed DNA


Cell plate which will become a new cell wall


Nuclear membrane


Large protein machines

Answer 1

During metaphase, the cell's chromosomes align themselves in the middle of the cell through a type of cellular "tug of war." The chromosomes, which have been replicated and remain joined at a central point called the centromere, are called sister chromatids