Q. Select the incorrect statement with reference to mitosis:
A) Splitting of centromere occurs at anaphase.
B) All the chromosomes lie at the equator at metaphase.
C) Spindle fibres attach to centromere of chromosomes
D) Chromosomes decondense at telophase.
Explanation
[Solution] Spindle fibres attach to the kinetochores (present at the centromere), not to the centromere itself; per the source key, (3) is incorrect. Answer (3).
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