NEET 2022
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2022
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Cell Cycle and Cell Division
NEET 2022 · Botany · Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Identify the correct sequence of events during Prophase I of...
Identify the correct sequence of events during Prophase I of meiosis:
(a) Synapsis of homologous chromosomes
(b) Chromosomes become gradually visible under microscope
(c) Crossing over between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes
(d) Terminalisation of chiasmata
(e) Dissolution of synaptonemal complex
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Options
- A(a), (b), (c), (d), (e)
- B(b), (c), (d), (e), (a)
- C(b), (a), (c), (e), (d)
- D(a), (c), (d), (e), (b)
Correct answer
C. (b), (a), (c), (e), (d)
Step-by-step solution
The order of events during prophase I of Meiosis-I is as follows:
Leptotene Thickening of chromosome
Zygotene Synapsis of chromosome
Pachytene Crossing over
Diplotene Dissolution of synaptonemal complex
Diakinesis Terminalisation of chiasmata.