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Which of the following stage is affected by colchicine

Spindle apparatus is formed during which stage of mitosis

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Important Questions on Cell Cycle and Cell Division

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Which of the following options gives the correct sequence of events during mitosis?
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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:
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A cell weighing 1mg grows to double its initial mass before dividing into two daughter cells of equal mass. Assuming no death, at the end of 100 divisions what will be the ratio of the mass of the entire population of these cells to that of the mass of the Earth? Assume that mass of the earth is 1024 kg and 210 is approximately equal to 1000.
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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
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Attachment of spindle fibers to kinetochores of chromosomes becomes evident in:
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Which of the following is not a characteristic feature during mitosis in somatic cells?
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Arrange the following events of meiosis in the correct sequence:

i. Crossing over

ii. Synapsis

iii. Terminalisation of chiasmata

iv. Disappearance of the nucleolus
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Fill in the blanks
During metaphase, spindle fibres attach to ________.
Centromeres split and chromatids __________ during __________.
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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:

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Which ONE of the following sequences of events CORRECTLY represents mitosis?
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By comparing mitosis and meiosis occurring in the same organism, which ONE of the following options is CORRECT regarding the DNA content per cell?
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Which one of the following never occurs during mitotic cell division?
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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?
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Select the incorrect statement with reference to mitosis:
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A somatic cell that has just completed the S phase of its cell cycle, as compared to gamete of the same species, has:
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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
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Spindle formation can be disuupted by exposing cell to the microtubule poison ?
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Which ONE of the following statements about mitosis is CORRECT?