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Select an incorrect statement with respect to metaphase

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Important Questions on Cell Cycle and Cell Division

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Which ONE of the following statements about mitosis is CORRECT?
MEDIUM
Arrange the following events of meiosis in the correct sequence:

i. Crossing over

ii. Synapsis

iii. Terminalisation of chiasmata

iv. Disappearance of the nucleolus
HARD
A somatic cell that has just completed the S phase of its cell cycle, as compared to gamete of the same species, has:
EASY
A single bacterium is actively growing in a medium that supports its growth to a number of 100 million. Assuming the division time of the bacterium as 3 hours and the life span of non-dividing bacteria as 5 hours, which ONE of the following represents the maximum number of bacteria that would be present at the end of 15 hour?
EASY
Fill in the blanks
During metaphase, spindle fibres attach to ________.
Centromeres split and chromatids __________ during __________.
MEDIUM
Which of the following best describes the DNA content and the number of chromosomes at the end of S and M phases of the cell cycle in mitosis, if the DNA content of the cell at the beginning of the cell cycle (G1 phase) is considered as C and the number of chromosomes 2 N?
MEDIUM
Select the correct option:
 
  I   II
(a) Synapsis aligns homologous chromosomes (i) Anaphase – II
(b) Synthesis of RNA and protein (ii) Zygotene
(c) Action of enzyme recombinase (iii) G2 – phase
(d) Centromeres do not separate but chromatids move towards opposite poles (iv) Anaphase – I
    (v) Pachytene
EASY
Following the cell cycle scheme given below, what is the probability that a cell would be in M-phase at any given time?

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MEDIUM

Select the correct statements.

A. Tetrad formation is seen during the Leptotene.

B. During Anaphase, the centromeres split and chromatids separate.

C. Terminalization takes place during Pachytene.

D. Nucleolus, Golgi complex and ER are reformed during Telophase.

E. Crossing over takes place between sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

MEDIUM
Which of the following options gives the correct sequence of events during mitosis?
EASY
Spindle formation can be disuupted by exposing cell to the microtubule poison ?
EASY
Anaphase promoting complex (APC) is a protein degradation machinery necessary for proper mitosis of animal cells. If APC is defective in a human cell, which of the following is expected to occur?
MEDIUM
Match the stages of meiosis of Column-I to their characteristic features in Column-II and select the correct option using the codes given below:
 
Column-I Column–II
a. Pachytene (i) The pairing of homologous chromosomes
b. Metaphase I (ii) Terminalization of chiasmata
c. Diakinesis (iii) Crossing-over takes place
d. Zygotene (iv) Chromosomes align at the equatorial plate
MEDIUM
After meiosis-II, daughter cells differ from the parent cells and each other in their genotypes. This can occur because of which one of the following mechanism (s)?
MEDIUM

Match the following with respect to meiosis

(a) Zygotene (i) Terminalization
(b) Pachytene (ii) Chiasmata
(c) Diplotene (iii) Crossing over
(d) Diakinesis (iv) Synapsis

Select the correct option from the following

EASY
During which phase(s) of cell cycle, amount of DNA in a cell remains at 4 C level if the initial amount is denoted as 2C?
MEDIUM
A cell at the telophase stage is observed by a student in a plant brought from the field. He tells his teacher that this cell is not like other cells at the telophase stage. There is no formation of the cell plate and thus the cell is containing more chromosomes as compared to other dividing cells. This would result in:
MEDIUM
Below features indicates which phase of mitosis?
(i) Chromosomes cluster at opposite spindle poles and their identity is lost as discrete elements
(ii) Nuclear envelope assembles around the chromosome clusters
(iii) Nucleolus, Golgi complex and ER reform
MEDIUM
By comparing mitosis and meiosis occurring in the same organism, which ONE of the following options is CORRECT regarding the DNA content per cell?