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Q.Centromere is required for:

(a) transcription
(b) crossing over
(c) cytoplasmic cleavage
(d) movement of chromosome towards pole
Puducherry TnboardTamil Nadu HSC First Year (DGE) Board 2020MCQ· 1mImportance★★★★★
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The centromere is required for chromosome movement toward the poles during anaphase, because it is the site where spindle-fibre microtubules attach (via the kinetochore) and exert the pulling force.

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  1. Transcription — occurs along the length of DNA wherever genes are being expressed; it does not require the centromere specifically.
  2. Crossing over — occurs at chiasmata formed between homologous chromosome arms during pachytene of meiotic prophase I; it is unrelated to the centromere.
  3. Cytoplasmic cleavage — cytokinesis is driven by the contractile ring (actin-myosin, in animal cells) or cell plate formation (in plant cells); it does not require the centromere. …

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