Which best illustrates the result of the process of meiosis? A pea plant has the same flower color as its parent plants. A daugh
ter looks different from both her mother and her father. A cheetah cub has very similar fur to its mother. A Labrador puppy looks exactly like its father. Mark this and return Save and Exit
A daughter looks different from both her mother and her father.
Explanation;
-Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells. It is required to produce egg and sperm cells for sexual reproduction. During reproduction, when the sperm and egg unite to form a single cell, the number of chromosomes is restored in the offspring.
-This process results in four daughter cells that are haploid, which means they contain half the number of chromosomes of the diploid parent cell. Meiosis has both similarities to and differences from mitosis, which is a cell division process in which a parent cell produces two identical daughter cells.
A daughter looking different from both her mother and father illustrates the process of meiosis because the cells produced are non-identical to the original cells.
This shows that these organelles were once free-living organisms with their own mechanisms for reproduction which they have retained even after years of symbiotic relationship with the higher organisms. During their duplication, they also replicate their own DNA. Their DNA does not have histones (as opposed to the DNA in the nucleus of their host eukaryotic cell) similar to that of simple organisms such as bacteria.
