Q. No.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
Males produce gametes by mitosis in:
| 1. | Honey bees | 2. | Grasshopper |
| 3. | Birds | 4. | Drosophila melanogaster |
1. Bivalent
2. Tetrad
3. Mitotic apparatus
4. Sister chromosomes
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 |
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 |
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 |
During anaphase I of meiosis
1. Homologous chromosomes separate
2. Non-homologous autosomes separate
3. Sister chromatids separate
4. Non-sister chromatids separate
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 |
The mechanisms that contribute to the genetic variation arising from sexual reproduction include:
| I: | Independent assortment of chromosomes |
| II: | Crossing over |
| III: | Random fertilization |
| 1. | I and II only | 2. | I and III only |
| 3. | II and III only | 4. | I, II and III |
A ribbon-like structure consisting of three protein components and extending across the region of synapsed chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis, is called:
| 1. | Phragmoplast | 2. | Phragmosome |
| 3. | Synaptonemal complex | 4. | Recombination nodule |
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