Question

In onion root tip, during metaphase stage of mitosis the number of chromatids will be

4
8
16
32

Answer 1

In onion root tip, during metaphase stage of mitosis the number of chromatids will 32.

Mitosis is an important process to life as it provides new cells for growth and also replaces the old dead cells.

This is basically the process in which a eukaryotic cell nucleus is divided in two, and the parent cell is also divided into two daughter cells.

Answer 2

In onion root tip,during metaphase stage of mitosis the number of chromatids will be 32

• During metaphase stage of mitosis the microtubules of the spindle have attached and the chromosome have lined up on the metaphase plate.
• 8 chromatids are present in a haploid onion cell,therefore the onion tip have 32 chromatids.