CELL DIVISION
MEIOSIS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Which of the following is not true about meiosis?
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crossing over may occur
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the resulting cells end up with a haploid number of chromosomes.
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it involves two cell divisions
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the parent cell’s DNA is copied exactly between each daughter cell
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Meiosis involves one duplication of chromosomes.
Detailed explanation-2: -So, the correct answer is ‘Meiosis produces gametes that contain one complete haploid set of chromosomes’
Detailed explanation-3: -Daughter cells are genetically identical. Ah We already mentioned that that is not true. They are not genetically identical to the parent cell.
Detailed explanation-4: -Like mitosis, meiosis is a process of nuclear division. However, where mitosis leads to an exact copy of the chromosomes, meiosis results in producing new cells with exactly half the DNA as the parent cell.
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