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The material, which arrests cell division, is obtained from
BiologyStrategies for Enhancement in Food ProductionJIPMERJIPMER 2014
Options:
  • A Crocus
  • B Colchicum
  • C Dalbergis
  • D Chysanthomum
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Colchicum
Colchicine is an antibiotic drug (alkloid), which is obtained from Colchicum (family-Liliacae). It binds to one tubulin molecule and prevents its polymerisation. The depolymerisation of tubulin result in disappearance of mitotic spindle blocking the cell's mitotic chromosomal division at metaphase and anaphase.

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