Meiosis in diploid organisms results in

Options

A. production of gametes
B. reduction in the number of chromosomes
C. introduction of variation
D. all of the above

Answer

D

Explanation

Meiosis is cell division reponsible for production of gametes through reductional division, which resutls in halving of the number of chormosomes. The crossing over that takes place in pachytene (prophase I, meiosisI) results in introduction of variation.