Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 207

207. Segregation of Mendelian factors (no linkage, no crossing over) occurs during

(a) anaphase I

(b) anaphase II

(c) diplotene

(d) metaphase I

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Answer : a

Hints & Solution

(a) At anaphase I, actual segregation occurs, but two similar alleles occur in the dyad chromosome which separate at anaphase II.