Mitosis and Cell Cycle Quiz
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Which phase of the cell cycle precedes mitosis and involves DNA replication?

  • S phase (correct)
  • G2 phase
  • G1 phase
  • M phase
  • What is the result of cell division by mitosis?

  • Genetically identical cells (correct)
  • Cells with half the number of chromosomes
  • Cells with double the number of chromosomes
  • Genetically different cells
  • During which stage of mitosis do the chromosomes condense and attach to spindle fibers?

  • Prophase (correct)
  • Metaphase
  • Telophase
  • Anaphase
  • What is the main outcome of telophase in mitosis?

    <p>Division of the cytoplasm and organelles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which stage is specific to plant cells in the process of mitosis?

    <p>Preprophase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of cytokinesis following mitosis?

    <p>Division of the cytoplasm and organelles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of cells undergo an open mitosis?

    <p>Animal cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to refer to the production of three or more daughter cells in mitosis?

    <p>Multipolar mitosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which type of cells does mitotic cell rounding occur at the start of mitosis?

    <p>Animal cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who coined the term 'mitosis'?

    <p>Walther Flemming</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which type of cells does a process called binary fission occur for division?

    <p>Prokaryotic cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Matthias Jakob Schleiden affirm about cell multiplication in plants?

    <p>&quot;Formation of new cells in their interior was a general rule for cell multiplication in plants&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which organism did the German botanist Hugo von Mohl describe cell division?

    <p>Green algae</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Equational division' is a term proposed by whom?

    <p>Weismann</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who discovered and described mitosis based on observations on nematodes?

    <p>Otto Bütschli</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is another term for nuclear division?

    <p>Karyokinesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

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