MEIOSIS I INTERPHASE PROPHASE I - METAPHASE I - ANAPHASE I - TELOPHASE I - CYTOKINESIS I - INTERKINESIS - MITOSIS INTERPHASE PROPHASE - METAPHASE - ANAPHASE - TELOPHASE - CYTOKINESIS - - Cell initially grows DNA duplicated Final preparation Nuclear membrane disappears Chromosome condensed Centrioles move at the opposite side Formation of spindle fibers Chromosome aligned at the middle Chromatids pulled away Nucleus become two Cleavage furrow formed Nuclear membrane is reforming Cytoplasm divide, cell become two Two cells are identical to each other 46 chromosomes/diploid (2n) Cell initially grows DNA replicated Final preparation Nuclear membrane disappears Chromosome condensed Synapsis and crossing over Pairs of chromosomes/tetrads aligned Sister chromatids/ Chromosome pulled away Nucleus become two Cleavage furrow formed Nuclear membrane is reforming 2 cells formed Not identical to each other 23 chromosomes each/haploid (n) Resting period before meiosis II MEIOSIS II PROPHASE II - METAPHASE II - ANAPHASE II - TELOPHASE II - CYTOKINESIS II - Nuclear membrane disappears Chromosome condensed Centrioles move at the opposite side Formation of spindle fibers Chromosome aligned at the middle Chromatids pulled away Nucleus become two in the two cells Cleavage furrow formed Nuclear membrane is reforming Cytoplasm divide, two cells become four Four cells are not identical to each other 23 chromosomes each/haploid (n)