Choose the best explanation for the role and importance of meiosis. A) Meiosis is a type of asexual reproduction that allows for genetically identical cells to be produced for use in healing and growth of aryotic organisms. This allows for the same genetic code to be passed to offspring which will make organisms more likely to survive and reproduce. B) Meiosis is the process that allows for sexual reproduction by maintaining the number of chromosomes tin autosomal cells. It ends with 4 gametes that are genetically unique, each with a full set of chromosomes. C) Meiosis is the process that allows for sexual reproduction by reducing the number of chromosomes to half of the total chromosomes of an offspring Crossing over occurs during Meiosis causing each gamete produced to be unique, therefore, increasing genetic variation within the population.
D) Meiosis is the process that allows for sexual reproduction by replicating the parental DNA and packaging it in individual gametes. Genetic variation is only caused by the DNA of both parents mixing to form the zygote.