KROK 1 2008 – Question 65 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
While studying maximally spiralized chromosomes of human karyotype the process of cell division was stopped in the following phase:
- A. Anaphase
- B. Interphase
- C. Telophase
- D. Prophase
- E. Metaphase
Hint
Think about which stage of mitosis shows chromosomes at their most condensed, which is why colchicine is used to hold dividing cells at that point for karyotyping.
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