Question

Meiosis is more specialised as compared to mitotic division because:

• A. It leads to the daughter cells acquiring equal amount of genetic material from both parents
• B. Leads to daughter cells acquiring only specific genes from individual parents
• C. It is the responsible for blending the characteristics of individual alleles from either parent
• D. Leads to genetic diversity by recombination event ensuring characteristics of both parents are acquired by the daughter cells.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Leads to genetic diversity by recombination event ensuring characteristics of both parents are acquired by the daughter cells.

Meiosis is more specialised as compared to mitotic division because during prophase of meiosis I, the homologous pairs of chromosomes cross over with each other and often exchange chromosomal segments. This results in genetic diversity, as it allows genes from both the parents to recombine and make new combinations, that may be different from either parent.