The stage during which separation of the paired homologous chromosomes begins is:
Pachytene
Diplotene
Diakinesis
Zygotene
The beginning of the Diplotene stage of meiotic prophase I is recognized by the dissolution of the synaptonemal complex and the tendency of the recombined homologous chromosomes of the bivalents to separate from each other, except at the sites of crossovers (chiasmata) .
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