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Tracing One Diploid Cell Through Meiosis I and II

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This procedure traces one diploid cell's chromosomes from premeiotic S phase through both meiotic divisions to four haploid products.

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Only one DNA replication event happens across this entire sequence — treating meiosis II as a second replication-and-division cycle miscounts the process.