Why does chromatin condense during mitosis?

When a cell is not dividing, its DNA is relatively unwound. I say relatively, because portions of it still stay spool and packed away—it's different for different cell types. If you were take all the DNA from just one cell and stretch it out it would measure 6 ft. read more

Chromatin is the thread like formof our genetic material. Generally Chromatin in a regular somatic cell is about 1.5 to 2 metres long. Now common sense says that if a thing is too big try to split it and transport or condense and transport. read more

Chromatin condenses to form chromosomes during prophase of mitosis, and during prophase I and prophase II of meiosis. Chromatin is a dense, complex fibrous structure composed of associated proteins and molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, which contains the genetic material of an organism. read more

> The chromatin fibres condenses because the chromatin condenses into structures called sister chromatids attached together at a region called the centromere. And mitosis cannot take place without the condensing. read more