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Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct about meiosis?

I. Meiosis involves pairing of homologous chromosomes and recombination between them

II. Two diploid cells are formed at the end of meiosis-II

III. Meiosis involves two sequential cycles of nuclear and cell division called meiosis-I and meiosis-II, but only a single cycle of DNA replication

IV. Meiosis-I is initiated after the parental chromosome replication which produce identical sister chromatids at the S-phase

The correct option is

a)

I and III

b)

II only

c)

II and III

d)

I, II, III and IV



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Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct about meiosis?

I. Meiosis involves pairing of homologous chromosomes and recombination between them

II. Two diploid cells are formed at the end of meiosis-II

III. Meiosis involves two sequential cycles of nuclear and cell division called meiosis-I and meiosis-II, but only a single cycle of DNA replication

IV. Meiosis-I is initiated after the parental chromosome replication which produce identical sister chromatids at the S-phase

The correct option is

a)

I and III

b)

II only

c)

II and III

d)

I, II, III and IV

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Answer Key / Explanation : (b) -

(b)

During meiosis, four haploid cells are produced by reductional division from a single diploid cell. Parent cell contains replicated chromosomes, but the daughter cells contains unreplicated chromosomes

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