Question

A student claims that the processes of independent assortment and crossing over occurredduring meiosis and that meiosis produces diploid cells that have increased genetic variationwhich of the following is the best evaluation of the students claim?A. Incorrect- meiosis result in the production of multiple haploid cells that have no geneticvariation.B. Incorrect- Meiosis produces haploid cells that are unique as a result of independentassortment and crossing over.C. Correct-meiosis forms diploid cells with high levels of genetic variation that divide andgrow into a new Organism.D. Correct- meiosis has multiple divisions that uses independent assortment and crossingover to produce diploid cells.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Incorrect- Meiosis produces haploid cells that are unique as a result of independent assortment and crossing over. Meiosis is a special kind of cell division that has two cycles. As a result, chromosome load is reduced by half. Thus, diploid cells entering meioisis are converted in haploid cells. Although it is true that emergent cells from meiosisi will have a unique genetic configuration.