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If you are provided with root-tips of onion in your class and are asked to count the chromosomes, which of the following stages can you most conveniently look into?
- Metaphase
- Telophase
- Anaphase
- Prophase
Answer
(1) Metaphase
Solution
As per NCERT, metaphase is the stage at which the morphology of chromosomes is most easily studied: chromosomes are maximally condensed and lie on the metaphase plate.
∴ The chromosomes are counted most conveniently at metaphase.
Answer: (1)
AIPMT 2004