Question

The diagram below represents a stage during cell division. Study the same and then answer, the questions, that follow :

(i) Name the parts labelled 1, 2 and 3.

(ii) Identify the above stage and give a reason to support your answer.

(iii) Mentldh where in the body this type of cell division occurs.

(iv) Name the stage prior to this stage and draw a diagram to represent the same.

Answer 1

(i) 1. Centriole

1. Spindle fibres

2. Chromatid

(ii) Anaphase —The daughter chromosomes are reaching to the opposite poles of the cell.

(iii) In the somatic cells of the body.

(iv) Metaphase