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What would have happened if any of the cells in nature had not been divided by meiosis?

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(i) Meiosis is necessary from sexual reproduction and for increasing genetic diversity .
(ii) If meiosis were to disappear tomorrow , all sexually reproducing organisms would stop having offsprings.
(iii) This would lead to the extinction of the majority of the worlds's diploid species .
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