NEET 1994 · Class 11

Cell Cycle and Cell Division

Which statement best explains the evolutionary advantage of meiosis?

  1. (A)Meiosis is necessary for sexual reproduction.
  2. (B)Genetic recombinations are possible from generation to generation
  3. (C)Meiosis alternates with mitosis from generation to generation
  4. (D)The same genetic system is passed on from generation to generation.

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It also increases the genetic variability in the population of organisms from one generation to the next.

Chapter
Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Section
10.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF MEIOSIS
Page
8
Words matched
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3333, emb=0.9094, combined=0.679). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that meiosis 'increases the genetic variability in the population of organisms from one generation to the next,' which directly corresponds to option B's claim about genetic recombinations being possible across generations.

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