A culture of Dictyostelium slime mold is prepared in which the myosin II gene is deleted. In which of the activity/ activities described below are these cells unable to participate?

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EMyosin II is crucial for cytokinesis, the process where a cell divides its cytoplasm to form two daughter cells. It is not directly involved in chromosome separation during mitosis or cell elongation. Therefore, cells lacking myosin II would struggle with cytokinesis, impacting both cell division and, indirectly, processes that might require successful cell division, such as mitosis. However, the direct role of myosin II is in the contractile ring formation during cytokinesis, not in chromosome separation or cell elongation.

A Culture of Dictyostelium Slime Mold Is Prepared in Which