NEET Biology question

BiologyCell Cycle and Cell DivisionNEET

Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the given codes.

Column I: (A) V-shaped at anaphase; (B) L-shaped at anaphase; (C) J-shaped at anaphase; (D) I-shaped at anaphase

Column II: (i) Acrocentric chromosome; (ii) Metacentric chromosome; (iii) Telocentric chromosome; (iv) Sub-metacentric chromosome

Answer: (B)

Solution

The shape a chromosome adopts while being pulled to the pole at anaphase depends on centromere position. A metacentric chromosome (centromere at the centre) forms a V-shape — A-(ii). A sub-metacentric chromosome (centromere

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