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Question
Write the functional activity of the following structure:
Colchicine
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Solution
It inhibits the formation of the mitotic spindles.
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Fill in the blank and explain the statement.
All chromosomes are arranged parallel to equatorial plane of cell in ______ phase of mitosis.
The diagram given alongside represents a stage in cell division.
Study the same and answer the questions that follow:
(i) Identify the stage of cell division.
(ii) Name the parts labeled A,B,C and D.
(iii) What is the unique feature observed in this stage?
(iv) Where does this type of cell division usually occur?
(v) How many daughter cells are formed from this type of cell division?
(vi) Is the dividing cell shown a plant or an animal cell?
Give a reason to support your answer.
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The diagram below represents a certain stage of a cell.
(i) Is it an animal cell or a plant cell ? Give one reason in support of your answer.
(ii) Label the parts numbered 1 – 3.
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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?
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The stage when chromosomes arrange at the equator.
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Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
The alkaloid colchicine inhibits the formation of the mitotic spindle.
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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. |
In which stage of mitosis the chromosomes align in an equatorial plate? How?
Identify the stage of mitosis from the below picture. List the chromosomal events in this stage.
The diagram given below represents a stage in mitosis.
- Identify the stage given above.
- Give one reason to support your answer in (a).
- Mention the number of chromosomes given in the diagram.
During Mitosis what is the position of chromatids in metaphase?
