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Assertion:Colchicine reduces the chromos...

Assertion:Colchicine reduces the chromosome number.
Reason:It promotes the movment of sister chromatids to the opposite poles.

A

Assertion is correct and reason is wrong.

B

Reason is correct and the assertion is wrong.

C

Both assertion and reason is correct.

D

Both assertion and reason is wrong.

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The correct Answer is:
D
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