Editing Prophase (section)

=== Condensation of chromosomes ===
[[DNA]] that was [[DNA replication|replicated]] in [[interphase]] is condensed from DNA strands with lengths reaching 0.7 μm down to 
0.2-0.3 μm.<ref name=":2" /> This process employs the [[condensin]] complex.<ref name=":5" /> Condensed chromosomes consist of two [[sister chromatids]] joined at the [[centromere]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine| vauthors = Nussbaum RL, McInnes RR, Willard HF |publisher=Elsevier|year=2016|isbn=978-1-4377-0696-3|location=Philadelphia|pages=12–20}}</ref>