Cell Cycle and Cell Division Question 14

14. Which one of the following structures will not be common to mitotic cells of higher plants?

(a) cell plate

(b) centriole [1997]

(c) centromere

(d) spindle fibres

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Answer : b

Hints & Solutions

(b) Plants cells do not have centrioles. Cell plate appears during cytokinesis in dividing cells. Centromere holds the sister chromatids in a chromosome. Spindle fibres appear during metaphase.