Answer:
In humans, genetic variations are caused because humans reproduce by a sexual life cycle which is termed as meiosis. In such a life cycle, the offspring receives half the chromosomes from the mother and half from the father. Crossing over and random assortment of chromosomes are two phenomenons which occur during meiosis. Due to these two phenomenons, genetic variations are caused.
During crossing over, the exchange of DNA segments between the homologous chromosomes takes place which brings about the genetic variations.
The offspring will be genetically identical to the parent because vegetative reproduction is a form of asexual reproduction. Therefore, there is only one parent and the offspring is identical to the parent.
The production of egg and sperm cells follows a certain sequence of events.
The correct order of those events are:
MEIOSIS, CELL DIFFERENTIATION, MATURE GAMETES.
Meiosis is defined as the process wherein a single cell is divided twice to produce four cells that contains half the original amount of genetic information.
Cell differentiation is defined as the process wherein the less specialized cell becomes a more specialized cell. The haploid cells are the end result of meiosis. They must undergo cell differentiation before they can become mature gametes.
