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Cell Cycle And Cell Division

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Bivalents in meiosis are

  • tetrad

  • pairs of non-homologous chromosomes

  • pairs of several chromatids

  • pairs of homologous chromosomes

Solution

A.

tetrad

A bivalent, sometimes referred to as a tetrad, is the association of a pair of homologous chromosomes physically held together by at least one DNA crossover. This physical attachment allows for alignment and segregation of the homologous chromosomes in the first meiotic division.

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