congression

Noun

  • The act of coming together; congress. In mammalian cells, metaphase alignment requires the confinement of bioriented pairs of chromosomes to the spindle equator. The chromosomes are transported to the equator through the process called congression.
  • The movement of chromosomes to the spindle equator during mitosis.

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