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Question
Comment on the statement – Meiosis enables the conservation of specific chromosome number of each species even though the process per se, results in reduction of chromosome number.
Solution
Meiosis is the mechanism by which conservation of a specific chromosome number of each species is achieved across generations in sexually reproducing organisms, even though the process, per se, paradoxically, results in a reduction of chromosome number by half. But fertilisation restores the chromosome number.
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