Given below are two statements: In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is true
- Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- Both Statement I and Statement II are false
- Statement I is correct, but Statement II is false
Answer
(4) Statement I is correct, but Statement II is false
Solution
Statement I is correct: By the end of diakinesis (terminal stage of prophase I), chromosomes are fully condensed.
Statement II is false: Meiosis II resembles normal mitosis; meiosis I is a reductional division involving homologous chromosome pairing and separation.
Answer: (4)