Which one of the following never occurs during mitotic cell division?

Which one of the following never occurs during mitotic cell division?
  1. Movement of centrioles towards opposite poles
  2. Pairing of homologous chromosomes
  3. Coiling and condensation of the chromatids
  4. Spindle fibres attach to kinetochores of chromosomes

Solution

Mitosis doesn't have a pairing of homologous chromosomes, it occurs in prophase 1 of meiosis 1 where bivalent and tetrad are formed

Asked in: NEET 2022 (Phase 1)

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