Question

Which one of the following statements is/are not true for meiosis?

• A. It occur in reproductive tissue only
• B. Chromosome undergo pairing in early prophase I
• C. Chromosome do not exchange their segments
• D. Centromere do not divide during anaphase I

Answer 1

The correct option is C Chromosome do not exchange their segments

Meiosis is also known as reductional division. It is made up of two stages Meiosis I and Meiosis II and takes place in the reproductive tissue. During the cell division, the mother cell divides to give rise to four daughter cells but with reduced number of chromosomes. The number of chromosomes in each daughter cells is half the number of chromosomes. The homologous exchange of DNA material takes place during the crossing over of chromosomes during the Pachytene stage of Prophase I of Meiosis I.

So, the correct answer is option C.