A-LevelBiologyThe mitotic cell cycle9700/12 · Oct/Nov 2010 · Q181 Mark

The diagram shows the chromosomes of a typical plant cell at the metaphase stage [Figure 18.1 showing chromosomes arranged at metaphase plate]. Which row describes this cell during metaphase? diploid number (2n) for the plant structures present at metaphase cell wall centriole spindle

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A4 cell wall: absent, centriole: present, spindle: present

B8 cell wall: absent, centriole: present, spindle: present

C8 cell wall: present, centriole: absent, spindle: present

D16 cell wall: present, centriole: present, spindle: absent

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C: 8 cell wall: present, centriole: absent, spindle: present

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Topic: The mitotic cell cycle, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source: A-Level Biology, Oct/Nov 2010 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 18.

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