NEETBotanyCell Cycle and Cell Division
What is initiated immediately after cytokinesis in meiosis II?
Options
- AInterkinesis
- BProphase I
- CProphase II
- DAnaphase I
Correct answer
C. Prophase II
Step-by-step solution
Meiosis II is initiated immediately after cytokinesis, usually before the chromosomes have fully elongated, and is initiated in the form of Prophase II. In contrast to meiosis I, meiosis II resembles a normal mitosis. The nuclear membrane disappears by the end of prophase II .The chromosomes again become compact. Metaphase II: At this stage the chromosomes align at the equator and the microtubules from opposite poles of the spindle get attached to the kinetochores of sister chromatids.