Which of the following stage is responsible for the appearance of lampbrush chromosomes?

Meiotic prophase

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Mitotic prophase

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Mitotic anaphase

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Mitotic metaphase

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Solution

The correct option is A Meiotic prophase
Lampbrush chromosomes are present in growing oocytes, during the diplotene stage of meiotic prophase-I. Chromosomes transform into the lampbrush form due to an active transcription of many genes.

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