Multiple Choice
Taxol is an anticancer drug extracted from the Pacific yew tree. In animal cells, Taxol prevents microtubule depolymerisation. Thus, Taxol stops mitosis by interfering with which of the following structures or processes?
A) the mitotic spindle
B) cytokinesis
C) centriole duplication
D) chromosome condensation
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