Answer:
condensing
Explanation:
Consider having to transport a kilometer-long strand of cooked spaghetti from one end of a wood to the other without causing any harm. It will very likely break if you drag it behind you. Attempting to transport an uncondensed chromosome through the viscous cytoplasm is analogous to this. As with the spaghetti, the answer is to roll it up so you can transport it safely; for the cell, the answer is to condense the chromatin into the chromosomes that are visible during mitosis and meiosis.
