Looking through a light microscope at a cell undergoing meiosis, you see that the chromosomes have joined into xx-shaped tetrads. these tetrads are lined up along a plane that runs through the center of the cell. this cell is in _____. looking through a light microscope at a cell undergoing meiosis, you see that the chromosomes have joined into xx-shaped tetrads. these tetrads are lined up along a plane that runs through the center of the cell. this cell is in _____. interphase meiosis i meiosis ii cytokinesis of meiosis ii