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B
Duplication without separation
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C
Replicatin of DNA without cell division
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D
All of the above
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Solution
The correct option is D All of the above
The salivary gland chromosome is also known as polytene chromosomes.
These chromosomes are found during the interphase stage of the cell division in the nuclei of the salivary gland cells of the larvae of Diptera (fruitfly or Drosophila melanogaster).
Polytene chromosomes are formed due to endoduplication, duplication without separation and replication of DNA without cell division
Endoduplication refers to the replication of DNA during the S phase (of the cell cycle) without the completion of cytokinesis.
These chromosomes undergo somatic pairing to form identical chromosomes which are joined along their length to one another.