Draw the page below on your whiteboard with dry-erase markers. Use different colors in each homologous pair to represent maternal and paternal chromosomes. When finished, check your drawings out with the instructor. When the instructor gives you the okay, you may transfer your drawings to your lab manual using colored pencils. Make one long pair and one short pair Remember to keep the long chromosomes long and the short ones short throughout your drawings. Also, be consistent with their locations Note: The metaphase plate must be vertical.