Question

Recombinant nodules are found during which of
the following.
(a) Anaphase (b) Prophase
(c) Telophase (d) Metaphase

Answer 1

Recombinant nodules are found during - (b) Prophase

Meiosis also knew as reductional division, causes genetic material to undergo variation.

The genetic recombination takes place in chromosomes during meiosis 1.

Specifically, the process occurs in pachytene of prophase 1.

Prophase 1 of meiosis 1 has five stages namely, leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diplotene and diakinesis.

The recombination occurs at the synaptonemal complex on chromosomes, where chromosomes break and rejoin.