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NEET 2002
Exam
NEET
Year
2002
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Plant - Growth and Development

NEET 2002 · Botany · Plant - Growth and Development

If a diploid cell is treated with colchicine then it becomes:

If a diploid cell is treated with colchicine then it becomes:

Options

  1. Atriploid
  2. Btetraploid
  3. Cdiploid
  4. Dmonoploid

Correct answer

B. tetraploid

Step-by-step solution

Colchicine has the property of arresting and breaking the spindle so that a cell division without cell wall formation may be affected leading to doubling of chromosome number. So, a diploid cell will become tetraploid by chromosome doubling. Related Theory Colchicine is an alkaloid extracted from seed and corm of Colchicum autumnale.
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