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Two aquatic plants were grown in either water or water containing a microtubule inhibitor for 24 hours.

The roots were dissected and stained for DNA. The researcher reported that in the microtubule-inhibited plant there were a much higher number of cells at metaphase. Describe in details what the exp

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The experiment would indicate that microtubules are associated with the progression of mitosis past the metaphase. This would make sense, since microtubules can be assembled into long polymers that are capable of moving cellular materials. In this case the materials are the chromosome pairs.