Q.

Which stage of meiotic prophase shows terminalisation of chiasmata as its distinctive feature      [2021]

1 Pachytene  
2 Leptotene  
3 Zygotene  
4 Diakinesis  

Ans.

(3)

During diplotene in prophase I of meiosis I, dissolution of the nucleoprotein synaptonemal complex occurs.