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denis-greek [22]
3 years ago
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Colchicine is a chemical that when applied to a cell during mitosis can be used to ""freeze"" cells in metaphase by preventing t

he chromosomes from moving away from the metaphase plate. What part of the cell does colchicine most likely affect?
Biology
1 answer:
MArishka [77]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Colchicine inhibits the formation of the microtubules or spindle fibers. Without the spindle fibers the chromosomes cannot move to the poles.

Explanation:

Spindles and microtubules are both important components of cellular division. The structures go hand in hand with each other and are necessary for cellular division to occur.

Spindle fibers form a protein structure that divides the genetic material in a cell. The spindle is necessary to equally divide the chromosomes in a parental cell into two daughter cells during mitosis and meiosis. During mitosis, the spindle fibers are called the mitotic spindle and it is called meiotic spindle during meiosis,

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