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Metaphase I: Bivalent Alignment — NEET Biology

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Metaphase I: The bivalent chromosomes align on the equatorial plate. The microtubules from the opposite poles of the spindle attach to the kinetochore of homologous chromosomes.

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Assertion (A): Metaphase I is characterised by alignment of homologous chromosomes at the equator. Reason (R): Spindle fibres attach to kinetochores of sister chromatids.

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