How is this different than what happens in prophase I of meiosis

Meiosis II
Prophase II
The chromosomes move toward the center of the daughter cells. Centrioles move to the opposite ends of the cell.

(".... ... Meiosis occurs as two rounds of cell division were called meiosis I and meiosis II ... both could be divided into the same four stages known to occur in mitosis. Indeed meiosis II is virtually identical to a mitotic division. Meiosis I resembles mitosis, but ... three important differences: gene swapping occurs between homologous chromosomes in prophase; homologs (i.e., two homologous chromosomes) remain paired at metaphase, instead of lining up at the plate as is done in mitosis; and the kinetochores do not separate at anaphase. ....")

Meiosis II is almost the same as mitosis, and meiosis I differs because of gene mixing (crossing over) during prophase I.

ANIMAL CLONING: The Science of Nuclear Transfer
by Joseph Panno, Ph.D.
page 91
ISBN: 0-8160-6882-8


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I think prophase is the same in meiosis 1 and 2