chromosome condensation

id: GO:0030261
name: chromosome condensation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The progressive compaction of dispersed interphase chromatin into threadlike chromosomes prior to mitotic or meiotic nuclear division, or during apoptosis, in eukaryotic cells.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0007076mitotic chromosome condensation
GO:0010032meiotic chromosome condensation
GO:0030263apoptotic chromosome condensation

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006323DNA packaging
GO:0051276chromosome organization