Multiple choice

Which of the following stages of meiosis is commonly known as the bouquet stage?

  1. Leptotene

  2. Zygotene

  3. Pachytene

  4. Diplotene

  5. Diakinesis
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Explanation

The zygotene stage is called the bouquet stage because of the way the telomeres cluster at one end of the nucleus. At this stage, the synapsis (pairing/coming together) of homologous chromosomes takes place, facilitated by assembly of central element of the synaptonemal complex.

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