During which stage of mitosis do the following events occur?
I. Centromeres split and chromatids separate
II. Chromatids move to opposite poles

1. Prophase 2. Metaphase
3. Anaphase 4. Telophase

Subtopic:  Cell Division: Mitosis (Karyokinesis) | Cell Division: Mitosis (Cytokinesis) |
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The cell shown in the given diagram is in:

1. Metaphase I 2. Metaphase II
3. Anaphase I 4. Anaphase II

Subtopic:  Cell Cycle: Meiosis I |
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All the following are significances of mitosis except:

1. Restoration of nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio

2. Growth of living organisms

3. Replacement of lost cells

4. Generation of genetic variation

Subtopic:  Cell Division: Mitosis (Karyokinesis) | Cell Division: Mitosis (Cytokinesis) |
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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
Subtopic:  Cell Cycle: Meiosis I | Cell Cycle: Meiosis II |
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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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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

Subtopic:  Cell Cycle: Meiosis I | Cell Cycle: Meiosis 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
Subtopic:  Cell Cycle: Meiosis I | Cell Cycle: Meiosis II |
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During anaphase I of meiosis
1. Homologous chromosomes separate 
2. Non-homologous autosomes separate
3. Sister chromatids separate
4. Non-sister chromatids separate

Subtopic:  Cell Cycle: Meiosis I | Cell Cycle: Meiosis II |
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Cells which are not dividing are likely to be at

 
1. G1 2. G2
3. G0  4. S phase
Subtopic:  Intro to Cell Cycle & Interphase |
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In meiosis:

1. A single round of DNA replication is followed by two sequential divisions with chromosome number and DNA content getting reduced twice
2. A single round of DNA replication is followed by two sequential divisions with chromosome number getting reduced twice and DNA content getting reduced once
3. A single round of DNA replication is followed by two sequential divisions with chromosome number getting reduced once and DNA content getting reduced twice
4. A single round of DNA replication is followed by two sequential divisions with chromosome number and DNA content getting reduced once
Subtopic:  Cell Cycle: Meiosis I |
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