Following Crossing-Over in Meiosis I,which of the Following Is NOT

question 94

Multiple Choice

Following crossing-over in Meiosis I,which of the following is NOT true?

• A)Maternal and paternal chromatids will always orient to opposite poles of the cell,remaining segregated from one another.
• B)Random orientation of maternal and parental chromatids to either pole of the cell allows mixing of these in resultant gametes.
• C)It is extremely unlikely that that all 23 maternal and paternal chromosomes will end up in the same gamete.
• D)A resulting gamete may have millions of possible different combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes.
• E)Chromatid pairs lined up in the cell are separated so that half end up in each daughter cell when division occurs.

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