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Identify the correct sequence of events during Prophase I of meiosis:
(a) Synapsis of homologous chromosomes
(b) Chromosomes become gradually visible under microscope
(c) Crossing over between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes
(d) Terminalisation of chiasmata
(e) Dissolution of synaptonemal complex
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Detailed Solution
Leptotene: chromosomes become gradually visible (b). Zygotene: synapsis of homologous chromosomes (a). Pachytene: crossing over between non-sister chromatids (c). Diplotene: dissolution of the synaptonemal complex (e). Diakinesis: terminalisation of chiasmata (d).