The longest phase in division phase of cell cycle is prophase. In meiosis it is subdivided into five stages. In prophase following events takes place.
$-$ The chromatin network undergoes condensation to forms chromosomes
$-$ Nuclear membrane and nucleolus disappears
$-$ Spindles begin to appear.
The sequence of growth and division of a cell, and consists of a series of biological processes, particularly the resting phase (G0), the interphase (G1, S, G2), and cell division (i.e. mitosis and cytokinesis)