NEETBotanyCell Cycle and Cell Division
What is the outcome of meiosis in terms of chromosome number?
Options
- AIt remains the same
- BIt increases
- CIt decreases
- DIt becomes zero
Correct answer
C. It decreases
Step-by-step solution
Meiosis is the mechanism by which conservation of specific chromosome number of each species is achieved across generations in sexually reproducing organisms, even though the process, per se, paradoxically, results in reduction of chromosome number by half. f. It also increases the genetic variability in the population of organisms from one generation to the next. Variations are very important for the process of evolution.