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During which phase of the cell cycle do the replicated chromosomes thicken and become visible

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Prophase, the first stage, is when the chromosomes become condensed and visible under a microscope.
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Metaphase is the phase because this is when everything lines up in the middle and the chromosomes are beginning to separate 
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