During which phase of meiosis does the centromere split, allowing sister chromatids to separate?
Metaphase I
Anaphase I
Telophase I
Anaphase II
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During which stage of meiosis, do the sister chromatids begin to move towards the poles?
Prophase-I
Telophase-I
Anaphase-II
Anaphase-I
How many rounds of DNA replication occur before meiosis?
1
2
3
4
In a plant species with a diploid number of 12, a mutation causes complete failure of cytokinesis following telophase II of meiosis. What would be the ploidy of the resulting megaspore?
Haploid (n=6)
Diploid (2n=12)
Triploid (3n=18)
Tetraploid (4n=24)
Crossing over is also an enzyme mediated process and the enzyme involved is called
Ligase
Polymerase
Recombinase
Endonuclease
The presence of recombination nodules signifies which crucial event in meiosis?
Crossing over
Independent assortment
Chromosome segregation
Cytokinesis
Meiosis in a plant occurs when there is a change
From gametophyte to sporophyte
From sporophyte to gametophyte
From gametophyte to gametophyte
From sporophyte to sporophyte
The synaptonemal complex disassembles during which stage of meiosis?
Leptotene
Zygotene
Pachytene
Diplotene
Genetic recombination occurs due to fertilization and meiosis crossing over.
Fertilization and meiosis
Mitosis and meiosis
Fertilization and mitosis
None of these
Genetic recombination during meiosis is primarily facilitated by events occurring in which sub-stage of Prophase I?
Leptotene
Zygotene
Pachytene
Diakinesis
Pairing of homologous chromosomes during zygotene is called
Dyad formation
Synapsis
Congression of chromosomes
Agglutination of chromosomes
