Homologous chromosomes separate during ____.

A) anaphase I
B) anaphase II
C) metaphase I
D) metaphase II
E) telophase II

Homologous Chromosomes

Chromosomes that are similar in length, gene position, and centromere location, carrying the same type of genetic information from each parent, making a pair in a diploid cell.

Anaphase I

A stage in meiosis I where homologous chromosomes separate and are pulled to opposite poles of the cell, unlike in mitosis where sister chromatids separate.