The correct chronology of stages of Prophase I is:

1. Leptotene – Zygotene – Pachytene – Diplotene – Diakinesis

2. Leptotene – Pachytene – Zygotene – Diplotene – Diakinesis

3. Leptotene – Zygotene – Pachytene – Diakinesis – Diplotene

4. Zygotene – Leptotene – Pachytene – Diakinesis – Diplotene

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Identify the correct statement amongst the following:

1. Crossing over occurs in prophase I of meiosis and metaphase of mitosis.
2. DNA replication occurs once prior to mitosis and twice prior to meiosis.
3. Both mitosis and meiosis result in daughter cells identical to the parent cells.
4. Karyokinesis occurs once in mitosis and twice in meiosis.
Subtopic:  Cell Division: Mitosis (Karyokinesis) | Cell Cycle: Meiosis I |
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Which of the following stages of Prophase I of meiosis I can last for many months or years in certain vertebrate oocytes?

1. Zygotene 2. Pachytene
3. Diplotene 4. Diakinesis
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Males produce gametes by mitosis in:

1. Honey bees 2. Grasshopper
3. Birds 4. Drosophila melanogaster
Subtopic:  Cell Division: Mitosis (Karyokinesis) | Cell Division: Mitosis (Cytokinesis) |
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The paired homologues seen during zygotene of meiosis I are known as:

1. Bivalent 2. Tetrad
3. Mitotic apparatus 4. Sister chromosomes
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Which of the following is not a feature of diakinesis stage of prophase I of meiosis I?

1. Terminalization of chiasmata

2. Meiotic spindle assembling to prepare separation of homologues

3. Decondensation of the chromatin

4. NEBD and disappearance of nucleolus

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Meiosis results in the formation of:

1. Two genetically identical diploid cells

2. Two genetically non identical diploid cells

3. Four genetically identical haploid cells

4. Four genetically non identical haploid cells

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Crossing over or recombination can be defined as:

1. exchange of segments between sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes
2. exchange of segments between non sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes
3. exchange of segments between sister chromatids of heterologous chromosomes
4. exchange of segments between non sister chromatids of heterologous chromosomes
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Identify the stage of meiotic cell division shown in the given diagram:

1. Anaphase I 2. Anaphase II
3. Telophase I 4. Telophase II
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The beginning of diplotene is recognized by:

I: dissolution of the synaptonemal complex
II: the tendency of recombined homologues of bivalents to separate
III: tetrads becoming clearly visible
 
1. Only I and II 2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III 4. I, II, and III
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