By Team Aakash Byju's | 15th November 2022

Which Stage Is Marked by Terminalisation of Chiasmata?

Your options are

A) Zygotene

B) Pachytene

C) Diplotene

D) Diakinesis

Detailed Explanation

The right answer is  D) Diakinesis.

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The two homologous chromosomes remain attached at one or more points by X arrangements known as chiasmata.

Homologous Chromosomes

Chiasmata displacement is referred to as terminalisation, completed during the Diakinesis stage.

Chiasmata

Diakinesis

Diakinesis is the last stage of Prophase 1 of Meiosis.

Meiosis

Replication

Cell Division

Cell Division

The chromosomes are in condensed form during this stage.

Homologous  Chromosomes

Chiasma

Recombinant chromatids