You are observing a slide that contains cells undergoing cell division, and you have focused on a cell that has darkly staining X-shaped chromosomes that appear loose throughout the cell. You cannot see a nuclear envelope. This cell is in _.
A) interphase
B) anaphase
C) prophase
D) telophase

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The description of darkly staining X-shaped chromosomes that appear loose throughout the cell, with no visible nuclear envelope, matches the characteristics of a cell in prophase. During prophase, chromosomes condense and become visible, but the nuclear envelope breaks down, making it impossible to see.

You Are Observing a Slide That Contains Cells Undergoing Cell