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Question
Assertion: Colchicine reduces the chromosome number.
Reason: It promotes the movement of sister chromatids to the opposite poles.
Options
Assertion is correct and reason is wrong
Reason is correct and the assertion is wrong
Both assertion and reason is correct
Both assertion and reason is wrong.
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Solution
Both assertion and reason is wrong.
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