If there's this picture in the question, the right answer is metaphase.
A metaphase qualifies a phase of meiosis or mitosis (following prophase and preceding anaphase) during which chromosomes, or at least kinetochores, align with the equatorial plate of the spindle. At this stage, chromosomes are at their maximum condensation and karyotypes are usually established. In the first division of meiosis, the metaphase represents the phase during which meiotic analysis is usually accomplished.
Mitosis consists
of four basic phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
Some textbooks list five, breaking prophase into an early phase (called
prophase) and a late phase (called prometaphase). These phases occur in
strict sequential order, and cytokinesis - the process of dividing the
cell contents to make two new cells - starts in anaphase or telophase. In early prophase, the cell starts to break down some structures and build others up, setting the stage for division of the chromosomes. In late prophase (sometimes also called prometaphase), the mitotic spindle begins to capture and organize the chromosomes. In metaphase, the spindle has captured all the chromosomes and lined them up at the middle of the cell, ready to divide. In anaphase, the sister chromatids separate from each other and are pulled towards opposite ends of the cell. In telophase,
the cell is nearly done dividing, and it starts to re-establish its
normal structures as cytokinesis (division of the cell contents) takes
place. Cytokinesis<span>,
the division of the cytoplasm to form two new cells, overlaps with the
final stages of mitosis. It may start in either anaphase or telophase,
depending on the cell, and finishes shortly after telophase.</span>
