CAIE A-Level Biology A2 16.1.5 Meiosis I and Ii Stages Questions
Explain the stages of meiosis I and II using evidence from each question and mark scheme.
- Syllabus
- 2028–2030
- Course
- Biology 9700
- Level
- A2
Explain the stages of meiosis I and II using evidence from each question and mark scheme.
Describe the behaviour of chromosomes during the main stages of meiosis I in animal cells. prophase I
metaphase I
anaphase I
telophase I
prophase I chromosomes / chromatin, condense / shorten / fatten I DNA
or
homologous chromosomes pair up / bivalents form
or
crossing over / synapsis / chiasmata formation ;
metaphase I
homologous (pairs of) chromosomes / bivalents, line up on the, equator / metaphase plate
or
random / independent, assortment, of homologous (pairs of) chromosomes / bivalents ;
anaphase I
chromosome(s) / one of each pair of chromosomes, moves (to pole / end of cell) ;
telophase I
chromosomes reach the opposite, poles / centrosomes / centrioles / end of cell
or
chromosomes decondense / chromatin formation / chromosomes become diffuse ;