When looking at condensed chromosomes in a eukaryotic cell through a microscope, you are actually looking at metaphase of mitosis or meiosis II. Metaphase is a stage during the process of of cell division (mitosis or meiosis).
Normally Individual chromosomes are dispersed throughout the cell nucleus. The chromosomes of the cell condense and move toward one another, aligning in the centre of the dividing cell, and the nucleus of the cell disintegrates during metaphase of mitosis. By microtubules attached to its kinetochore, one of the sister chromatids is joined to one pole of the cell, and the other sister chromatid is associated to the other pole. During meiotic cell division, metaphase is also visible. Specifically designed cells undergo a type of cell division called meiosis to produce gametes (egg cells or sperms). The two nuclear cell division cycles that make up meiosis are known as meiosis I and meiosis II.
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