Colchicine can inhibit cell mitosis and cause it to arrest in? NEET Biology MCQ
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Colchicine can inhibit cell mitosis and cause it to arrest in
Aprophase
Bmetaphase
Canaphase
Dtelophase
Correct answer: B. metaphase
Colchicine affects the formation of the spindle fibers, which are crucial for chromosome movement during prophase and metaphase. Therefore, it commonly arrests cells in metaphase.
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