Spindle fiber unit with which, the structure of chromosomes attaches?
Correct answer: C. Kinetochore
- A. Chromocentre
- B. Chromomere
- C. Kinetochore
- D. Centriole
Explanation
The spindle is a microtubular apparatus that appears in many eukaryotic cells at the beginning of nuclear division and is responsible for the ordered separation of the chromosomes, being attached to the spindle fibres by their centromeres. Two types of spindle fibres can be distinguished as the interpolar fibre, which stretches continuously from pole to pole of the spindle; and the kinetochore fibre, which stretches from the pole to the centromere (kinetochore) of an individual chromosome. The mechanism by which the chromosomes move and the spindle fibres contract remains unclear. Cells of animals and lower plants possess centrioles, which act as organizer regions for spindle microtubule formation, but centrioles are absent from the cells of higher plants.
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