Multiple choice

Synapsis is pairing of

  1. any two chromosomes

  2. non homologous chromosomes

  3. acentric chromosomes

  4. homologous chromosomes
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Explanation

Synapsis is the pairing of homologous chromosomes during zygotene phase of meiosis. Homologous chromosomes are two chromosomes of the same type, size morphology and arrangement of gene loci. Out of the two homologous chromosomes present in an individual one is derived from the father and other from mother.

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