Multiple choice

The purpose of adding phytohemagglutinin to peripheral blood cultures for chromosomal analysis is

  1. stimulation of lymphocyte cell division

  2. chromosome condensation

  3. collection of large number of cells at metaphase

  4. swelling of cells to permit chromosome visualization

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Explanation

Phytohemagglutinin stimulates the division of T-cells.