AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anaphase II: During anaphase II, the centromere splits, freeing the sister chromatids from each other. At this point, spindle fibers begin to shorten, pulling the newly-separated sister chromatids towards opposite ends of the cell.

Detailed explanation-2: -During anaphase II, microtubules from each spindle attach to each sister chromatid at the kinetochore. The sister chromatids then separate, and the microtubules pull them to opposite poles of the cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -The splitting of centromere does not occur in anaphase I but occurs in anaphase II. Anaphase is the stage of mitosis or meiosis when chromosomes are split and the sister chromatids move to opposite poles of the cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -The centromeres split during meiosis II, at anaphase II stage. Thus during meiosis II, number of chromosomes in the daughter cells remain the same as during the start of meiosis II or as at the end of meiosis I which is exactly a half of the chromosome number of original parent mother cell.

Detailed explanation-5: -With meiosis, two rounds of anaphase occur. During anaphase 1, homologous chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell. With anaphase 2, the sister chromatids separate in much the same manner as mitotic anaphase.