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DNA Replication. Before meiosis actually begins, the DNA that is packaged into chromosomes must be fully copied. Previous to replication, a germ cell contains two copies of each chromosome, a maternal copy, and a paternal copy

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Does DNA replication happen before or during Meiosis?

It happens during interphase of the cell cycle.


What stage happens before mitotis?

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What happens in meiosis that does not happen in meiosis 2?

DNA is copied in meiosis 1.


What happens in meiosis that does not occur in meiosis?

One thing that happens in meiosis that does not occur in meiosis is that produces 2 cellular divisions. This occurs as a direct result of sexual reproduction.


What happens in meiosis you that does not occur in meiosis?

One thing that happens in meiosis that does not occur in meiosis is that produces 2 cellular divisions. This occurs as a direct result of sexual reproduction.


The pairing of homologous chromosomes before nuclear division happens in what type of cell division?

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How many times do chromosomes make copies of themselves during meiosis?

Chromosomes make copies of themselves once during meiosis. This occurs during the S phase of interphase, which happens before meiosis I.


What happens in meiosis 1 that does not happen in meiosis 2?

DNA is copied in meiosis 1.


What happens before meiosis begin?

Interphase. The process of meiosis has many similarities to the process of mitosis: chromosomes replicate before the process begins, and shorten and thicken to look like the chromosomes at the beginning of mitosis (condensation).


What happens in meiosis I that does that occur in meiosis Ii?

DNA is copied.


Are the chromosome copied before meiosis or during meiosis?

before


What phase happens in meiosis?

prophase1The first phase of meiosis is Prophase I