A diploid cell has 28 chromosomes. When meiosis occurs, how many chromosomes are there during Prophase I?

a. 14 chromosomes

b. 28 chromosomes

c. 56 chromosomes

d. 84 chromosomes

The correct answer will be option-B

Explanation:

Meiosis is a way of cell division used by the organism to produce a large number of cells from a few parent cells. This is used to make the gametes of the body.

Meiosis produces four daughter cells from a single parent cell in two stages that is meiosis I and II. Each stage proceeds in four phases - prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase.

The reduction division of the chromosomes or the ploidy number takes place during anaphase I of meiosis I and not prophase I which is the initial phase of the division. Therefore, during prophase I the chromosome number of the cell remains the same.

Thus, Option-B is the correct answer.