i. Which peculiarity do you observe in the figure of Metaphase-I of meiosis ? ii. What is the important difference between Telophase-I

Question

Observe the diagrams 2.8 and 2.9 given on the and answer the following questions.

i. Which peculiarity do you observe in the figure of Metaphase-I of meiosis ?

ii. What is the important difference between Telophase-I and Telophase-II of meiosis?

iii. Which figure shows phenomena of crossing over?

Answer 1

i. The chromosomes are seen lying on the equatorial plane in the metaphase-I of meiosis.

ii. In figure of Telophase-I the diploid chromosomes are seen in two daughter cells. In Telophase-II four daughter cells are seen with haploid chromosomes in them.

iii. The third figure of Prophase-I shows phenomena of crossing over.