metaphase plate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of metaphase plate
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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For almost twenty years, textbooks described CENP-E as a motor that pulled chromosomes to the metaphase plate.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 10, 2025
The random alignment of homologous chromosomes at the metaphase plate ensures the random destination of the chromosomes in the daughter cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In plants, a cell plate is formed during cell cytokinesis by Golgi vesicles fusing at the metaphase plate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
During metaphase, all of the chromosomes are aligned in a plane called the metaphase plate, or the equatorial plane, midway between the two poles of the cell.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
The cell becomes visibly elongated as the non-kinetochore microtubules slide against each other at the metaphase plate where they overlap.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
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