Division of a diploid cell to produce four haploid cells
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Number of spindle fibres during Metaphase?
During metaphase, the chromosomes are arranged on the equatorial plate and are attached to spindle fibres. After S phase, can the cell be said to attain the configuration of 4n?
Also, during ...
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Does Human Female Meiosis II occur after fertilization with sperm?
I am reading the answer and I am getting confused by the sentence:
At the end of meiosis I females have two daughter cells and meiosis II
only occurs if and when fertilization occurs by a sperm ...
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At what stage of meiosis does “first meiotic arrest of oogenesis” occur?
An exam question asked what stage of meiosis corresponds with "first meiotic arrest of oogenesis". I can't work out the answer from the wiki page - can anyone explain which step this refers to?