Cell Cycle and Cell DivisionHard

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A bivalent consists of

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A.two chromatids and one centromere
B.two chromatids and two centromere
C.four chromatids and two centromere
D.foue chromatids and four centromere

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Each pair of homologous chromosome carrying one maternal and one paternal chromosome of similar type is called bivalent. The bumber of total chromosome in a diploid cell, as seen during synapsis in zygotene stage of meiosis-I. In pachytene, the chromosomes shorten and thickened and their chromatids are now visible. Each chromosome now has two sister chro matids and a centromere. Thus bivalents possesses four chromatids two centromeres . This bivalent with four chromatids is called pachytene tetrad (quadrivalent).

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