Which of the following statements best describes the major difference between anaphase of mitosis and anaphase I of meiosis?

my conclusion is one of these

In anaphase I, homologous pairs are separated but sister chromatids stay joined together.
In anaphase I, sister chromatids are separated, forming a total of four haploid cells.

Question

Which of the following statements best describes the major difference between anaphase of mitosis and anaphase I of meiosis?


my conclusion is one of these

	In anaphase I, homologous pairs are separated but sister chromatids stay joined together.
		In anaphase I, sister chromatids are separated, forming a total of four haploid cells.

blues · Answer

It is the first one.

The "I" refers to the first round of cell division, which resembles ordinary mitosis. So in anaphase I, the homologous paris separate but the sister chromatids stay together. Then the cell goes directly into a second round of cell division - in anaphase II, the sister chromatids are separated into four (now haploid) cells.