What is a kinetochore?

  • A
    $A$ small disc-shaped structure on the surface of the centromeres.
  • B
    The attachment site of spindle fibers to the centromere.
  • C
    $A$ structure located at the junction of chromosome arms.
  • D
    All of the above.

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$A$ : Golgi bodies and $ER$ disappear in early prophase.
$R$ : Their reorganisation stage is anaphase.

Select the correct match for $X$ and $Y$:
Column $X$Column $Y$
$(1)$ Tetrad$(P)$ Zygotene stage
$(2)$ Chiasmata$(Q)$ Diplotene stage
$(3)$ Splitting of centromere$(R)$ Meiosis
$(4)$ Bivalent$(S)$ Pachytene stage
$(T)$ Anaphase
$(U)$ Mitosis

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When radioactive thymine is added to the medium during the synthesis of new $DNA$ in human cells,which of the following chromatids will become radioactive in cells that enter the phase immediately upon contact with radioactive thymine?

Distinguish between the anaphase of mitosis and the anaphase $I$ of meiosis.

Select the correct option for the following matches:
List-$I$List-$II$
$(1)$ Metaphase-$I$$(a)$ Number of chromosomes becomes half of the parent cell
$(2)$ Anaphase-$I$$(b)$ Each chromosome splits at the centromere to form chromatids
$(3)$ Anaphase-$II$$(c)$ Homologous chromosomes form pairs at the equatorial plate
$(4)$ Telophase-$II$$(d)$ Homologous chromosomes move towards opposite poles

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