CELL DIVISION

METAPHASE I PROPHASE I
Shortest Phase
The longest and most complex phase
Tetrads align on the
chromosomes condense
metaphase plate
Synapsis occurs: homologous
(middle)
chromosomes come together to form a
Independent
tetrad
Assortment occurs
Crossing Over: creates variation in
offspring’s traits

ANAPHASE I
Homologous
Chromosomes
separate and
TELOPHASE I move towards the
poles.
Sister Chromatids
remain attached
at their
Each pole now has haploid set of centromeres
chromosomes
Cytokinesis occurs and two haploid
daughter cell are formed
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PHROPHASE II
New spindle forms
around the
chromosomes

METAPHASE II
Chromosomes line up in
the equator (middle)

ANAPHASE II
Centromeres divide
Sister Chromatids
move into opposite
poles of the cells

TELOPHASE II

Nuclei form
Cytokinesis
Occurs:
Cytoplasm
divides

Four haploid
daughter cells
produced
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Failure of homologous
FAILURE IN chromosomes, or sister
SEPARATION chromatids to separate
during meiosis
results in the
production of zygotes
with abnormal
chromosome numbers

NOTE:
n + 1 ( there’s an extra
chromatid)
n - 1 (lacking chromatid)

n+1 n+1 n-1 n-1

Sister Chromatid
Abnormal
Centromere
Spindle Fiber

centrioles

Aster Fibers
PARTS
OF
Homologous Chromosomes
CELL