Question

If a diploid cell is treated with colchicine, it becomes.

• A. triploid
• B. tetraploid
• C. diploid
• D. Monoploid

Answer 1

Answer:

B. tetraploid

Colchicine is a drug that inhibits the formation of spindles during cell division, thus preventing chromosome separation and resulting in a tetraploid cell with four sets of chromosomes.