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Mitosis in Plant and Animal Cells

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Asters are formed in plants cells just before the cell begins to divide.

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True

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False

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The correct option is B
False

In animal cells, asters form around the centrosomes during a mitotic division. Plant cells lack centrosomes and hence asters are not formed during mitosis in plants.

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