Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)The cleavage furrow is a puckering of the plasma membrane caused by the constriction of a ring of filaments attached to the plasma membrane.
• B)The cleavage furrow will not begin to form in the absence of a mitotic spindle.
• C)The cleavage furrow always forms perpendicular to the interpolar microtubules.
• D)The cleavage furrow always forms in the middle of the cell.

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