The tetrads are pulled apart.
The tetrads are pulled apart.
During meiosis, tetrads, which are connected by a synapse partway down their length, line up along the cellular equator during metaphase I. The tetrads are then separated during anaphase I as the spindle fibers pull the tetrads apart towards opposite sides of the cell.
Tetrads form
In meiosis, the tetrads (group of four chromatids) get pulled apart during anaphase I. This is when homologous chromosomes separate and move to opposite poles of the cell, resulting in the reduction of chromosome number from diploid to haploid.
During metaphase I of meiosis, tetrads line up along the equator of the cell. They are preparing for separation in the next phase.
Meiosis
Tetrads are not formed in anaphase one. Only daid is formed after anphase one. Therefore, the question of tetrad separation does not arise.
Chromosomes move to opposite poles of the cell.
It depends on whether you're talking about mitosis or meiosis. In mitosis, it is during anaphase. In meiosis, where the cell divides twice, centromeres aren't separated until anaphase II. In anaphase I, chromosomes are arranged as tetrads, and these tetrads are pulled apart to create two daughter cells, each with a full copy of the original cells' diploid chromosome.
Anaphase I of meiosis is more analogous to anaphase in mitosis than anaphase II. In anaphase I, homologous chromosomes are separated and pulled to opposite poles, similar to how sister chromatids are separated during mitotic anaphase. In contrast, anaphase II involves the separation of sister chromatids, which is akin to what occurs in mitosis but happens after a reductional division in meiosis. Thus, the mechanisms and outcomes of anaphase I align more closely with those of mitosis.
There is meiosis I and meiosis II. The stages for meiosis I are prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, telophase I, and cytokinesis. For meiosis II, the stages are the same, only those are II instead of I.