8. Which of the following is a correct statement about meiosis?1 pointThere are four stages in meiosis.Gametes will contain the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.Sister chromatids are separated during anaphase II.Crossing over occurs in prophase II.
Question
- Which of the following is a correct statement about meiosis?1 pointThere are four stages in meiosis.Gametes will contain the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.Sister chromatids are separated during anaphase II.Crossing over occurs in prophase II.
Solution
The correct statement about meiosis is "Sister chromatids are separated during anaphase II."
Here's why:
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There are more than four stages in meiosis. Meiosis consists of Meiosis I (which includes Prophase I, Metaphase I, Anaphase I, and Telophase I) and Meiosis II (which includes Prophase II, Metaphase II, Anaphase II, and Telophase II).
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Gametes will not contain the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. In fact, they will have half the number of chromosomes. This is because meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells.
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Sister chromatids are indeed separated during anaphase II. This is the stage of meiosis II where the sister chromatids (which are identical copies of each other) are pulled apart by the spindle fibers and move to opposite poles of the cell.
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Crossing over occurs in prophase I, not prophase II. This is the stage where homologous chromosomes pair up and exchange segments, which leads to genetic recombination.
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