NEET 2011 · Class 11

Cell Cycle and Cell Division

At metaphase, chromosomes are attached to the spindle fibres by their

  1. (A)satellites
  2. (B)secondary constrictions
  3. (C)kinetochores
  4. (D)centromeres

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Small disc-shaped structures at the surface of the centromeres are called kinetochores.

Chapter
Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Section
10.2.2 Metaphase
Page
3
Words matched
86 of 86

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that kinetochores are the structures that serve as the sites of attachment of spindle fibres to chromosomes, which directly answers the MCQ about what chromosomes are attached to by spindle fibres at metaphase.

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