Colchicine brings about :

Question

Colchicine brings about : (A) chromosome aberrations (B) duplication of chromosomes (C) gene mutations (D) quick replication

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Colchicine is an alkaloid obtained from the plant Colchicum autumnale. It inhibits spindle formation in cells during mitosis, so that chromosomes do not separate during anaphase hence, cause duplication of chromosome set.

Q. Colchicine brings about :

chromosome aberrations

duplication of chromosomes

gene mutations

quick replication

Colchicine is an alkaloid obtained from the plant Colchicum autumnale. It inhibits spindle formation in cells during mitosis, so that chromosomes do not separate during anaphase hence, cause duplication of chromosome set.