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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: CELL-CYCLE & CELL DIVISION
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Assertion: Mitosis is an equational division
Reason: Number of chromosomes in the parent and progeny cells is the same.
Reason: Number of chromosomes in the parent and progeny cells is the same.
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Correct option: A
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
Option A (Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion) is correct because mitosis is equational division and the chromosome number remains the same.
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At metaphase of mitosis, each chromosome consists of ________ chromatid(s) _________ centromere(s) _________ kinetochore(s) and _________ molecule(s) of DNA.
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in terms of cytoplasmic increase.
Reason : DNA synthesis occurs only during
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in terms of cytoplasmic increase.
Reason : DNA synthesis occurs only during
two specific stages in the cell cycle. Interkinesis means What is the approximate duration of cell cycle for a mammalian cell?