NEET Biology question

BiologyCell Cycle and Cell DivisionNEET

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 chromosomes replicate, which produces identical sister chromatids at the S-phase.

Answer: (B)

Solution

Only statement II is incorrect: meiosis-II produces four haploid cells, not two

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