NEET 2018 · Class 11

Cell Cycle and Cell Division

The stage during which separation of the paired homologous chromosomes begins is [2018]

  1. (A)Pachytene
  2. (B)Diplotene
  3. (C)Zygotene
  4. (D)Diakinesis

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The beginning of **diplotene** is recognised by the dissolution of the synaptonemal complex and the tendency of the recombined homologous chromosomes of the bivalents to separate from each other except at the sites of crossovers.

Chapter
Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Section
10.4.1 Meiosis I
Page
6
Words matched
32 of 35

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that during diplotene, 'the recombined homologous chromosomes of the bivalents tend to separate from each other,' which directly matches the question about when separation of paired homologous chromosomes begins.

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