Meiosis: Cell Division

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

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Title: Meiosis: Cell Division

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