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Which process is important for the production of gametes in living organism performing sexual production in context with chromosomes?

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Unequal fission
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Meiosis
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Mitosis
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Multiple fission
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Solution

The correct option is B Meiosis
  1. Meiosis is the reductional division wherein the cell undergoes division twice.
  2. Diploid cell(2n) divides further into haploid cells(n).
  3. In meiosis, each cell receives only one set of chromosomes. These cells are called gametes.
  4. Thus during zygote formation haploid male and haploid female gamete fuse to form a diploid zygote.
  5. Thus meiosis the an important process for formation of gametes to perform sexual reproduction.

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