Multiple choice

At diakinesis, a meiocyte has ten pairs of chromosomes. The number of chromosomes expected in each nucleus, is therefore,

  1. ten at the end of I division and five at the end of II division

  2. ten at the end of I division ant ten at the end of second division

  3. five at the end of I division and five at the end of second division

  4. twenty at the end of I division and ten at the end of second division
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Explanation

At diakinesis, a meiocyte has ten pairs of chromosomes. The number of chromosomes expected in each nucleus is, therefore ten at the end of I division ant ten at the end of second division. 

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