Question

Value Based Questions :
Which of the following statements is associated with A. prophase, B. meraphase, C. anaphasc, D. telophase, and E. interphase of mitosis?
Chromosomes are thickest and shortest.

Answer 1

Before cell division starts the genetic material or DNA starts compacting and becoimes thick and short by condensation of the DNA, During Metaphase this compaction is maximum and the chromosomes are thickest and shortest.

so the correct answer is 'Metaphase'.