fine art. n. 1. (Art Terms) art produced chiefly for its aesthetic value, as opposed to applied art. 2. (Art Terms) Also called: beaux arts (often plural) any of the fields in which such art is produced, such as painting, sculpture, and engraving.
Metaphase is the second stage of cell division. At the metaphase plate, sister chromatids are attached to the bundle of four to eight spindle fibers.
The analysis of metaphase chromosomes is one of the main tools of classical cytogenetics and cancer studies. Chromosomes are condensed (thickened) and highly coiled in metaphase, which makes them most suitable for visual analysis. Metaphase chromosomes make the classical picture of chromosomes .