Question

How many steps are in meiosis?

Answer 1

Meiosis:

1. Meiosis is known as the reductional steps where a parent cell is divided to produce four daughter cells.
2. It comprises two cycles of nuclear division (karyokinesis) with one cycle of cell division (cytokinesis)
3. Prophase-1 of meiosis 1 is complicated and comprises 5 sub-stages known as Leptotene, Zygotene, Pachytene, Diplotene, and Diakinesis.
4. prophase-1 is longer than the rest of the stages of meiosis.
5. After prophase-1 of meiosis-1, the other stages are common to mitosis i.e., Prophase-1, metaphase-1, anaphase-1, and telophase-1.
6. After the homologous chromosomes have been separated in meiosis-1, the cell cycle enters into meiosis-2 which is exactly similar to mitosis, i.e., Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.
7. Hence, these are the different stages in meiosis.