Question

In which phase of meiosis does the chromosome number change from diploid to haploid? Choose the correct answer.
Group of answer choices

prophase I

anaphase I

metaphase I

prophase II

Answer 1

Answer:

anaphase I

Explanation:

In this stage of meiosis there is no DNA replication in between So the diploid cell that has two alleles for each gene gets reduced to a haploid cell.  Thus, containing a single allele at each gene.