NEET Previous Year Question
Which of the following is not characteristic feature during mitosis in somatic cells?
Topic: NEET PYQ
Answer: D. Full step-by-step solution below.
- ASpindle fibres
- BDisappearance of nucleolus
- CChromosome movement
- DSynapsis
Correct answer: D
Solution
(d) Synapsis is the pairing of homologous chromosomes and occurs during zygotene of Prophase I of meiosis, not during mitosis. Spindle formation, disappearance of nucleolus, and chromosome movement are characteristic events of mitosis.More Cell Cycle & Cell Division PYQs
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