Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Chromosome behaviour in mitosis

Chromosome behaviour in mitosis — practice question

Eukaryotic organisms enlarge and become bigger because of cell division. The diagram shows several stages of mitosis, with one stage absent, marked X. What happens in stage X?

  • ASpindle fibres attach to the centromeres and the chromosomes line up along the equator.
  • BThe chromatin coils and condenses and the nuclear membrane disintegrates.
  • CThe chromosomes line up in pairs along the equator of the cell.
  • DMicrotubules shorten so that spindle fibres contract and the centromeres divide.

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