Explain the various phases of meiosis II division?
Stages of meiosis II are: i. Prophase II: Meiosis II is initiated immediately after cytokinesis usually before chromosomes have fully elongated. The nuclear membrane disappears by the end of prophase-II. The chromosomes again become compact. ii. Metaphase-II: At this stage, the chromosomes align at the equator & the microtubules from opposite poles of the spindle get attached to the kinetochores of sister chromatids. iii. Anaphase-II: It begins with the simultaneous splitting of the centromere of each chromosome allowing them to move towards opposite poles of the cell. iv. Telophase-II: Meiosis ends with telophase-II, in which two groups of chromosomes once again get enclosed by the nuclear envelope, cytokinesis follows resulting in the formation of the tetrad of cell i.e. four haploid daughter cells.
