Which statement best summarizes the importance of meiosis to reproduction?
a) it produces diploid cells that are needed for sexual reproduction.
b) it produces diploid cells that are needed for asexual reproduction.
c) it produces gametes that are needed for sexual reproduction.
d) it produces gametes that are needed for asexual reproduction.

The correct answer is option c.

Explanation:

Meiosis refers to a kind of cell differentiation, which minimizes the number of the chromosome in the parent cell by half and generates four gamete cells. This procedure is needed to generate sperm and egg cells for the process of sexual reproduction. At the time of reproduction, when the combination of egg and sperm takes place to produce a single cell, the number of the chromosome get restored in the offspring produced.  

Meiosis starts with a parent cell, which is diploid, showing that it exhibits two copies of each chromosome. The parent cell goes through one round of the replication of DNA, succeeded by two distinct cycles of nuclear division. The procedure leads to the formation of four daughter cells, which are haploid.  

ur answer is e & d

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