If a diploid cell is treated with colchicine then it becomes:

If a diploid cell is treated with colchicine then it becomes:
  1. triploid
  2. tetraploid
  3. diploid
  4. monoploid

Solution

Colchicine has the property of arresting and breaking the spindle so that a cell division without cell wall formation may be affected leading to doubling of chromosome number. So, a diploid cell will become tetraploid by chromosome doubling. Related Theory Colchicine is an alkaloid extracted from seed and corm of Colchicum autumnale.

Asked in: NEET 2002

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