The progressive compaction of dispersed interphase chromatin into threadlike chromosomes prior to mitotic or meiotic nuclear division, or during apoptosis, in eukaryotic cells. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0815316194 GOC : mah ]
eukaryotic chromosome condensation
nuclear chromosome condensation
Term information
- GO:0000068
- DNA condensation
- biological_process
- GO:0030261