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finlep [7]
3 years ago
14

What's the purpose of meiosis?

Biology
2 answers:
vaieri [72.5K]3 years ago
5 0

to reduce the number of chromosomes by half in the gametes, so that the resulting offspring from sexual reproduction gets one of each chromosome from each parent and has the correct number of chromosomes

PLEASE GIVE ME BRAINLIEST!!!!

beks73 [17]3 years ago
4 0
The purpose of meiosis<span> is to reduce the normal diploid cells  to haploid cells, called gametes.

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