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30 July, 15:06

A diploid cell has 28 chromosomes. When meiosis occurs, how many chromosomes are there during Prophase I?

a. 14 chromosomes

b. 28 chromosomes

c. 56 chromosomes

d. 84 chromosomes

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  1. 30 July, 15:31
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    The correct answer will be option-B

    Explanation:

    Meiosis is a way of cell division used by the organism to produce a large number of cells from a few parent cells. This is used to make the gametes of the body.

    Meiosis produces four daughter cells from a single parent cell in two stages that is meiosis I and II. Each stage proceeds in four phases - prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase.

    The reduction division of the chromosomes or the ploidy number takes place during anaphase I of meiosis I and not prophase I which is the initial phase of the division. Therefore, during prophase I the chromosome number of the cell remains the same.

    Thus, Option-B is the correct answer.
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