Term Information

Accession
GO:0051323
Name
metaphase
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The cell cycle phase, following prophase or prometaphase in higher eukaryotes, during which chromosomes become aligned on the equatorial plate of the cell. Source: GOC:mtg_cell_cycle
Comment
Note that this term should not be used for direct annotation. If you are trying to make an annotation to x phase, it is likely that the correct annotation is 'regulation of x/y phase transition' or to a process which occurs during the reported phase (i.e mitotic DNA replication for mitotic S-phase). To capture the phase when a specific location or process is observed, the phase term can be used in an annotation extension (PMID:24885854) applied to a cellular component term (with the relation exists_during) or a biological process term (with the relation happens_during).
History
See term history for GO:0051323 at QuickGO
Subset
gocheck_do_not_annotate
Feedback
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Parents of metaphase (GO:0051323)
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metaphase [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  M phase (GO:0000279)
metaphase [is_a relation] is_a  meiotic cell cycle phase (GO:0098762)
Children of metaphase (GO:0051323)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
meiotic metaphase II (GO:0007137) [is_a relation] is_a  metaphase
meiotic metaphase I (GO:0007132) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  metaphase
mitotic metaphase (GO:0000089) [is_a relation] is_a  metaphase
Wikipedia
Metaphase