What Is Meiosis?
6. Prophase II
The next phase is prophase II, which is also the first phase in Meiosis II. At this stage of the process, there are now 2 separate cells, which are known as daughter cells. Each of these cells now has 23 chromosomes, which themselves have 23 pairs of chromatids. In each of these daughter cells, the chromosomes again condense into structures that are x-shaped.
After the split, each new cell was left with only one centriole again, but they now duplicate to make two centrioles in each of the daughter cells. In addition, the meiotic spindle forms again as it did in the metaphase I phase.
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