Question

_______ results in daughter cells that are genetically unique from each other and from the parent cell. Through this process, organisms that reproduce _____ tend to have greater genetic variability from one generation to the next.

Answer 1

Answer:

Meiosis  results in daughter cells that are genetically unique from each other and from the parent cell. Through this process, organisms that reproduce sexually tend to have greater genetic variability from one generation to the next.

Explanation:

Sexual reproduction usually involves parents of different sexes (male and female), who provide some of their genetic information to offspring, similar to their progenitors but not the same.

A key step in sexual reproduction is meiosis. With it, the gametes become half the number of chromosomes (n) of the species. With fertilization, the generated zygote returns to the diploid condition (2n chromosomes).

Meiosis is a process involving two stages of division: the first meiotic division and the second meiotic division. This process results in daughter cells that are genetically unique to each other and to the mother cell.

Answer 2

Meiosis results in daughter cells that are genetically unique from each other and from the parent cell.