A chemical produced by a plant inhibits (prevents) cytokinesis from following mitosis. What would be the result of exposure to this chemical?

Question

a
Cells would automatically experience apoptosis
b
Cells would become a tumor, leading to a malignant cancer.
c
Cells would accelerate in growth and rate of divisions - increasing in number.
d
Cells would be go through the cell cycle, but would double in nuclei following each mitosis.

Answer 1

If a chemical inhibits cytokinesis from following mitosis, the result would be:

d Cells would go through the cell cycle, but would double in nuclei following each mitosis.

Cytokinesis is the process that divides the cytoplasm of the cell into two daughter cells after mitosis (nuclear division). If cytokinesis is inhibited, the cell would still complete mitosis and divide its nucleus, but since it cannot separate into two distinct cells, it would result in the formation of a single cell with multiple nuclei.