Metaphase
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Metaphase is the stage where every chromosome aligns at the metaphase plate, an equatorial plane midway between the spindle's two poles, with sister chromatids still joined by cohesin.
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Armies massing along one line before battle resemble metaphase, every unit aligned at a single formation.
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Alignment at the plate does not mean the chromatids have separated — cohesin proteins hold each pair together.