Multiple choice

The kind of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half and results in the production of haploid daughter cells is called meiosis. Which of the following is not a characteristic of meiosis?

  1. At the end of meiosis 2, three haploid cells are formed.

  2. It ensures the production of haploid phase in the life cycle of sexually reproducing organisms.

  3. It involves 2 sequential cycles of nuclear and cell division.

  4. Meiosis 1 is initiated after the parental chromosomes have replicated to produce identical sister chromatids at the S phase.

  5. It involves pairing of homologous chromosomes.
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Explanation

This is the correct option as this is not a characteristic of meiosis. At the end of meiosis 2, four haploid cells are formed.

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