NEET 2004 Biology question

If you are provided with root-tips of onion in your class and are asked to count the chromosomes which of the following stages can you most conveniently look into :-

(1)Telophase
(2)Anaphase
(3)Prophase
(4)MetaphaseCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

At metaphase the chromosomes are fully condensed, thick and at their shortest, and they lie in a single plane at the equator of the spindle (the metaphase plate), each with two chromatids joined at the centromere. This makes the chromosomes clearly visible, well separated and easy to

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