label the phases of meiosis
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Answer:Meiosis separates homologous chromosomes and reduces the diploid cell to haploid. This process allows one starting cell to produce four gametes.STAGES OF MEIOSISinterphase - the period of time before meiosis when a cell grows, replicates its DNA, and prepares for cell division. (G1, S, G2 phase)prophase I - homologous chromosomes pair and exchange genetic material.metaphase I - homologous chromosomes line up along the cell's equator.anaphase I - The fibers connected to the microtubules shorten, causing the kinetochores to move up or down.telophase I - homologous chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell. prophase II - chromosomes condense, the nuclear membrane breaks down, and a new spindle apparatus forms. metaphase II - chromosomes align on the spindle with microtubules from opposite poles of the spindle attached to the kinetochores of sister chromatidsanaphase II - sister chromatids separate and move to opposite poles of the celltelophase II - The cells pinch in the center and divide again. The final outcome is four cells, each with half of the genetic material found in the original.
