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(i) The morphology of the chromosome is studied at ___ A ___
(ii) Recombination nodule appears at ____ B ___ stage of prophase – I
(iii) ____ C ____ induces polyploid by inhibiting polymerization of spindles.
(iv) True reduction in number of chromosome occurs in ____ D ____ stage.
Pachytene is characterised by the appearance of recombination nodules, the sites at which crossing over occurs between non-sister chromatids of the homologous chromosomes.
In anaphase-I the homologous chromosomes separate, while sister chromatids remain associated at their centromeres. True reduction of number of chromosomes occur at anaphase-I.