The drug colchicine [KOL-chuh-seen] inhibits polymerization [pu-lim-er-uh-ZAY-shuhn] of tubulin in microtubule assembly. Which of the following cell processes would be most severely impacted by colchicine activity?

W) DNA replication

X) Mitosis [my-TOH-sis]

Y) Translation

Z) Cellular respiration
X) MITOSIS