There is some concern about whether the Smith’s newborn son was switched with the Johnson’s newborn son due to a fire evacuation of the hospital’s nursery. Both Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Johnson have type O blood. Mr. Smith is heterozygous for type A blood, while Mr. Johnson as type AB blood. Child #1 has type O blood. Child #2 has type A blood. Which of the following is true?

Which statement is not an accurate description of meiosis? a) meiosis produces offspring that are genetically diverse. b) meiosis produces offspring that are identical to the parent. c) in sexual reproduction half of the genetic material comes from the father (sperm) and half of the genetic material comes from the mother (egg). d) meiosis decreases the number of chromosomes by half so that when a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting zygote has the correct number of chromosomes.