Which of the following statements is NOT correct about meiosis-Meiosis involves one duplication of chromosomes-Meiosis requires two divisions-The four daughter cells have one of each pair of chromosome-The four daughter cells have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell-

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Which of the following statements is NOT correct about meiosis?

Meiosis involves one duplication of chromosomes.

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Meiosis requires two divisions.

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The four daughter cells have one of each pair of chromosome.

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The four daughter cells have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

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Solution

The correct option is D
The four daughter cells have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
The four daughter cells have half of the number of chromosomes in the parent cell. Meiosis does involve one duplication of chromosomes and two divisions, and results in four daughter cells each containing one of each pair of chromosome which means they contain half the number of chromosomes of the diploid parent cell.

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Assertion (A): Meiosis is also known as reduction division.
Reason (R): Meiosis involves formation of daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes than that of parent cell.

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(a) Mitosis occurs in our ..... cells.
(b) Mitosis produces two daughter cells whereas meiosis produces ...... daughter cells.
(c) Meiosis occurs only in ..... cells.
(d) Modern humans have 46 chromosomes. Their sperms and eggs will have......chromosomes each.
(e) During the pairing of chromosomes in meiosis, the ...... chromosomes come to lie side by side.
(f) The.......(s) are surrounded by radiating rays and termed as aster.

Q. Meiosis results in the formation of daughter cells with number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

In meiosis, the number of chromosomes in each of the four daughter cells is:

Consider the following statements:

(i) In mitosis, two daughter cells are formed

(ii) In meiosis, there is no reduction in chromosome number

(iii) Products of meiosis are, four cells each with “n” number of chromosomes

(iv) Mitosis takes place both in somatic and germ cells.

Which of the above statements are true?

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