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17 October, 08:14

Why does meiosis produce cells with fewer chromosomes?

a. it saves energy for the organism to produce fewer chromosomes.

b. most of an organism's chromosomes are not useful to the organism.

c. sexual reproduction joins two cells that each have half the total chromosome number.

d. telophase destroys most of the chromosomes to save time?

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  1. 17 October, 10:29
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    The correct option is c (sexual reproduction joins two cells that each have half the total chromosome number).

    Reason:

    Meiosis occurs only in reproductive cell in which the number of chromosome reduce to half. This phenomenon is very imoportant and essential for maintaining the number of chromosomes in species.
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