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In which stage of mitosis the chromosomes align in an equatorial plate? How?

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Metaphase:
  1. The duplicated chromosomes arrange on the equatorial plane and form the metaphase plate.
  2. Each chromosome gets attached to a spindle fibre by its centromere.
  3. The centromere of each chromosome divides into two each being associated with a chromatid.

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