While observing cells undergoing meiosis through a light microscope, you see microtubules from each pole attached to pairs of homologous chromosomes that are still joined at chiasmata. What phase are these cells currently in?

a. telophase II
b. prophase I
c. prometaphase I
d. metaphase II


c. prometaphase I

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