All cells undergo division in order to produce more daughter cells. Cell division occurs immediately after the interphase, which is a resting and preparatory phase for mitosis or cell division. Prior to cell division, the DNA is found to be coiled around histone proteins to form a structure called CHROMATIN. The process of cell division occurs in four phases; Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.
In the Prophase stage, which is the first stage of mitosis, this Chromatin begins to condense or becomes compact by undergoing further coiling into a visible X-shaped structure called CHROMOSOME. This shape of the chromosome is as a result of the replication into sister chromatids that occurred in the S-phase of interphase.
