Mitosis

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Mitosis: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Mitotic Spindle, Syncytium, Mitosis, Karyokinesis, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis, and Significance of Mitosis.

Important Questions on Mitosis

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Colchicine prevents the mitosis of cells at which of the following stage?

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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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Cytokinesis refers to

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Mitotic stages are not observed in

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Microtubule depolymerizing drug such as colchicine is expected to

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Mitosis is the process by which eukaryotic cells

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Mitosis occurs in

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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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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 sequences of events CORRECTLY represents mitosis?

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Anastral mitosis is the characteristic feature of

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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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Assertion (A): Syncytium is the result of karyokinesis not followed by cytokinesis.

Reason (R):  In plant cell, middle lamella formation starts from centre and grows outwards of the cell and leads to cell wall formation.

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Colchicine checks _______________.

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Centromere is required for

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During cell division, chromosome attaches with spindles at : 

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Polynucleated cells of the plants are known as

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Polynucleated cells of animals are called

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Cell division is completed in two parts namely ______ and cytokinesis

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In multicellular organisms, which type of cell division gives rise to tissues?