Question
In which stage of the first meiotic division two sister chromatids are formed?
Leptotene
Zygotene
Pachytene
Diplotene
Solution
C.
Pachytene
In pachytene substage of meiosis- I the paired homologous chromosomes divide into two sister chromatids. Thus, each bivalent is composed of four chromatids and known as tetrad.