Synaptonemal complex has a role in
Chromosome pairing
Chromosome movement
Chromosome segregation
Chromosome organisation
The time period between meiotic I and meiotic II cell division is called
Interphase
Growth phase
Interkinesis
G2 period
In which phase of meiosis homologous chromosomes separates?
Anaphse I
Anaphase II
Metaphase I
Metaphase II
During which stage of prophase I the crossing over takes place?
leptotene
pachytene
zygotene
diplotene
In which of the following stage, the chromosomes are thin and like long threads?
Exchange of paternal and maternal chromosome material during cell division is called
dyad formation
crossing over
synapsis
bivalent formation
Meiosis occurs in
Liver
Kidney
Gonad
Brain
Bivalent first appears in
Which of the following molecules consists of two polynucleotide chains (strands).?
RNA
DNA
Both a and B
None
Meiosis differs from mitosis in that
first division is reductional and second division is equational
first division is equational and second division is reductional
both divisions are reductional
both divisions are equational
