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A bivalent of meiosis i consists of...

A bivalent of meiosis i consists of

A

Two chromatide and one centromere

B

Two chromatids and two centromere

C

four chromatids and two centromere

D

Four chromatids and four centrumncre

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Four chromatids and two centromere :A bivalent is a pair of synapsed homologous chromosomes and each chromosome is formed of two sister chromatids so in a bivalent there are two chromosomes and four chromatids
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