Given below are two statements: One is labelled Assertion(A) and the other is labelled Reason(R).

Assertion (A) : Chromosome replication preceeds meiosis – I. It does not occur prior to meiosis – II.
Reason (R) : Interphase occurs prior to each mitosis.

In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

The M Phase represents the phase when the actual cell division or mitosis occurs and the interphase represents the phase between two successive M phases.

Meiosis involves two sequential cycles of nuclear and cell division called meiosis I and meiosis II but only a single cycle of DNA replication. 

Meiosis I is initiated after the parental chromosomes have replicated to produce identical sister chromatids at the S phase.