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slava [35]
3 years ago
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Explain why meiosis is such a critical process in the inheritance traits. Be as specific as you can.

Biology
1 answer:
madreJ [45]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

It ensures that sexually reproduced offspring have the correct amount of chromosomes when born, this ensures that disorders such as down syndrome don't occur. It also makes genetic variation possible, by way of genetic recombination, this is so that siblings don't look exactly the same, disregarding twins.

Explanation:

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