This is an MCQ-based quiz on the topic of Meiosis: Cell Division.
This includes Cell growth, DNA replication, and cell division constitute a cell cycle, M Phase: Mitosis (cell division), Prophase, Metaphase, Cytokinesis, and many more.
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The evolutionary advantage of meiosis can be best explained by which of these statements?
Meiosis alternates with mitosis from one to the next generation
Meiosis is essential for sexual reproduction
Passing of the same genetic system from one to next generation
Genetic recombination is possible from one to next generation
One of these events does not take place during meiosis
One successive division without any DNA replication
Chiasmata formation and crossing over
Segregation of homologous chromosomes
Separation of sister chromatids
The meiotic division takes place in
Meristematic cells
Conductive cells
Reproductive cells
Vegetative cells
Name the event wherein the paternal and maternal chromosomes change their material with each other in cell division
Crossing over
Synapsis
Dyad forming
Bivalent forming
The reason for daughter cells to differ from parent cells and also each other in meiosis is;
Segregation and crossing over
Segregation and independent assortment
Segregation, crossing over and independent assortment
Independent assortment and crossing over
A phenomenon occurring during prophase I of meiosis is ______.
Mutation
Synapsis
Translation
Crossing over
The meiotic division takes place in _______.
Meristematic cells
Conductive cells
Reproductive cells
Vegetative cells
Meiosis I is reductional division and meiosis II is equational division because of _______.
Separation of chromatids
Crossing over
The disjunction of homologous chromosomes
The pairing of homologous chromosomes
The reason for daughter cells to differ from parent cells and also each other in meiosis is _______.
Segregation and crossing over
Segregation and independent assortment
Segregation, crossing over and independent assortment
Independent assortment and crossing over
Synapsis takes place between _______.
Spindle fibre and centromere
mRNA and ribosomes
A female and a male gamete
Two homologous chromosomes