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Question
The diagram below represents a stage during cell division. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:
- Name the parts labelled 1, 2, and 3.
- Identify the above stage and give a reason to support your answer.
- Mention where in the body this type of cell division occurs.
- Name the stage prior to this stage and draw a diagram to represent the same.
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Solution
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- Centrioles
- Spindle fibres
- Chromatids
- Late anaphase is a furrow starting in the cell membrane at the middle of the cell. The stage described in the diagram is the late anaphase of mitosis in an animal cell. It can be identified by the presence of separated chromatids at the cell's two poles. The appearance of the furrow in the cell membrane classifies the stage as the late anaphase.
- Mitosis occurs in somatic cells (e.g., skin, bone marrow), and meiosis occurs in germ cells within reproductive organs (ovaries and testes).
- The stage before anaphase is called the metaphase stage. During the metaphase stage, the chromosomes are aligned at the equatorial region of the cell. The spindles arising from the centrioles get attached to the chromosomes at centromeres. The chromosomes are in the most condensed state in this phase. The below diagram shows the metaphase stage of mitosis:
RELATED QUESTIONS
Given below is a diagram representing a stage during mitotic cell division in an animal cell Examine it carefully and answer the questions which follow.
- Identify the stage. Give one reason in support of your answer.
- Name the cell organelle that forms the ‘aster’.
- Name the parts labelled 1, 2 and 3.
- Name the stage that follows the one shown above; how is that stage identified?
- Mention two differences between mitosis and meiosis with regards to:
- The number of daughter cells produced.
- The chromosome number in the daughter cells.
Define the following:
Karyokinesis
Choose the correct answer:
Which division takes most time?
Differentiate between centrosome and centromere.
The figure below shows a certain stage of mitosis:
(i) Name the stage,
(ii) Label the parts 1 to 4
(iii) How many chromosomes are shown here?
Draw a labeled schematic representation of mitosis cell division.
Draw a well-labelled diagram to show the anaphase stage of mitosis in plant cells having four chromosomes.
Explain the Term Pachytene
Name the following:
Mitosis takes place in which cells.
Name the following:
Replacement of dead cells is accomplished by which process.
Give Technical Terms
Division of nucleus.
Multiple Choice Question:
The nuclear membrane disappears in
Column ‘II’ is a list of items related to ideas in Column ‘I’. Match the terms in Column ‘II’ with a suitable idea given in Column ‘I’.
| Column I | Column II |
| (i) Anaphase | (a) Chromosomes become arranged in a horizontal plane at the equator. |
| (ii) Prophase | (b) Daughter chromosomes move to opposite poles of the spindle. |
| (iii) Telophase | (c) Chromosomes become visible as fine, long threads. |
| (iv) Metaphase | (d) Chromosomes lose their distinctiveness and gradually become transformed into chromatin network. |
Give the sequence of the events occurring during the prophase of mitosis.
Identify the stage of mitosis from the below picture. List the chromosomal events in this stage.
During Mitosis what is the position of chromatids in metaphase?
During Mitosis what is the position of chromatids in the anaphase?
