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. |
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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 |
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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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