Based on the provided reference, prophase is the longest phase of mitosis. Therefore, it can be inferred that prophase is the slowest phase in mitosis.
The stages of mitosis, in order, are:
- Prophase
- Prometaphase
- Metaphase
- Anaphase
- Telophase
During prophase, the spindle starts to form. According to the reference, prophase is the first and longest phase. During Prometaphase, the spindles start to attach to the kinetochores of the centromeres of sister chromatids.
