NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyCell Cycle and Cell DivisionPractice
Metaphase-II of meiosis differs from metaphase-I in possessing
Options
- Asame number of chromosomes in cells and same number of chromatids in each chromosome
- Bhalf number of chromosomes in cells and half number of chromatids in each chromosome
- Chalf number of chromosomes in cells and same number of chromatids in each chromosome
- Dhalf number of chromosomes in cells and double number of chromatids in each chromosome
Correct answer
B. half number of chromosomes in cells and half number of chromatids in each chromosome
Step-by-step solution
In metaphase I of meiosis disjunction of chromosomal pair occurs and chromosome number is reduced to half, but each chromosome has two chromatids. In metaphase II centromere splits and chromatids are separated thus each chromosome has one chromatid.