NEETBotanyCell Cycle and Cell Division
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: In metaphase I, the bivalent chromosomes align on the equatorial plate. Reason: The mircotubules from some poles of the spindle attach to the kinetochore of sister chromatids
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
C. Assertion is true but the Reason is false
Step-by-step solution
In metaphase I, the bivalent chromosomes align on the equatorial plate. The microtubules from the opposite poles of the spindle attach to the kinetochore of homologous chromosomes.