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Marizza181 [45]
2 years ago
9

Why do sex cells only need half the number of chromosomes compared to other cells in a organism?

Biology
1 answer:
Viktor [21]2 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Since a species' chromosome count doesn't change from generation to generation, meiosis requires that the number of chromosomes in germ cells be cut in half. Meiosis, unlike mitosis, achieves this accomplishment by requiring a single round of DNA replication followed by two rounds of cell division.

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