Imagine Looking Through a Microscope at a Squashed Onion Root

Multiple Choice

Imagine looking through a microscope at a squashed onion root tip. The chromosomes of many of the cells are plainly visible. In some cells, replicated chromosomes are aligned along the center (equator) of the cell. These particular cells are in which stage of mitosis?

A) telophase
B) prophase
C) anaphase
D) metaphase
E) prometaphase