How much does a marine biologist make? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics records from May 2012, the 18,650 marine and wildlife biologists employed throughout the United States earn a mean annual marine biologist salary of $62,500, which translates to an average hourly wage of $30.05.
metaphase (ËmÉtÉËfeÉªz) n 1. (Biology) the second stage of mitosis during which the condensed chromosomes attach to the centre of the spindle. metâ¢aâ¢phase (ËmÉt ÉËfeÉªz) n. the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
The general idea is that during metaphase of mitosis or meiosis, the spindle has all of the DNA aligned in its middle. Then, in anaphase, half of the DNA is moved to one end (or pole) of the spindle and the other half is moved to the other end of the spindle (Spindle figure 1; spindle movie 1). The separation is finalized by cytokinesis, which splits the cell in two.