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In human females, meiosis-II is not completed until?

  • puberty

  • fertilization

  • uterine implantation

  • uterine implantation


B.

fertilization

In human females, meiosis-II is not completed until fertilisation. Secondary oocyte is arrested in metaphase-II stage until sperm cell contacts plasma membrane of the oocyte and completes meiosis II resulting in release of ovum. 

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What would be the number of chromosomes of the aleurone cells of a plant with 42 chromosomes in its root tip cells? 

  • 63

  • 84

  • 21

  • 21

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During which phase (s0 of the cell cycle, the amount of DNA in a cell remains at the 4C level if the initial amount is denoted as 2C?

  • Go and G1

  • G1 and S

  • Only G2

  • Only G2

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Given below is the representation of a certain event at a particular stage of a type of cell division. Which is this stage?

  • Prophase-I during meiosis

  • Prophase-II during meiosis

  • Prophase of mitosis

  • Prophase of mitosis

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A somatic cell that has just completed the S phase of its cell cycle, as compared to gamete of the same species, has

  • twice the number of chromosomes and four times the amount of DNA

  • same number of chromosomes but twice the amount of DNA

  • twice the number of chromosomes and four times the amount of DNA

  • twice the number of chromosomes and four times the amount of DNA

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Identify the meiotic stage in which the homologous chromosomes separate while the sister chromatids remain associated at their centromeres

  • metaphase I

  • metaphase II

  • anaphase I

  • anaphase I

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During gamete formation, the enzyme recombinase participates during

  • metaphase - I

  • anaphase-II

  • prophase-I

  • prophase-I

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Select the correct option with respect to mitosis

  • Chromatids start endoplasmic 

  • Golgi complex and endoplasmic reticulum are still visible at the end of prophase

  • chromosomes move to the spindle equator and get aligned along equatorial plate in metaphase

  • chromosomes move to the spindle equator and get aligned along equatorial plate in metaphase

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At metaphase, chromosomes are attached to the spindle fibres by their

  • satellites

  • Secondary constrictions

  • Kinetochores

  • Kinetochores

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In S - phase of the cell cycle

  • amount of DNA dobles in each cell

  • amount of DNA remains same in each cell

  • chromosome number  is increased

  • chromosome number  is increased

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