The drug taxol stabilizes microtubules so they cannot shorten. If taxol were added during anaphase of mitosis, what effect would you expect it to have on anaphase movements?
A) It would stop all movements.
B) It would stop anaphase A but not anaphase B.
C) It would stop anaphase B but not anaphase A.
D) It would have no effect.

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Anaphase A involves the shortening of microtubules to pull chromosomes toward the poles, which would be inhibited by taxol. Anaphase B involves the poles moving apart, a process less directly affected by microtubule stabilization.

The Drug Taxol Stabilizes Microtubules So They Cannot Shorten