Chromatin during Mitosis

- Either it makes chromosomes easy to locate and attached by the mitotic spindle for separation or the physical advantage is that it prevents the strands from snagging/catching each other, and then snapping during division.

- Mitosis would not occur as the movement of chromosomes requires the mitotic spindles which attach to the centromeres of the chromosomes.

- Chromosomes are highly condensed. When they are chromosomes, they cannot be copied. Interphase is the phase of the cell cycle in which the cell spends the majority of its time and performs the majority of its purposes including preparation for cell division. In preparation for cell division, it increases its size and makes a copy of its DNA. If the DNA is in its condensed form, it cannot be copied.