Importance or significance of meiosis
- Sexual reproduction: Meiosis results in half the number of chromosomes, during fertilization the nuclei of the two gametes fuse to form a zygote restore the diploid number of chromosomes for its species.
- Genetic variation: Meiosis provided opportunities for new recombination of genes to occur in the gametes and off springs in two ways
- Crossing over
- Independent assortment i.e., random distribution of chromosomes into the gametes at metaphase 1
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