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BIO 101 BIO 101 Past Questions Objective Question

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What ensures variation in offspring during sexual reproduction?
Options
A Binary division
B Somatic recombination
C Crossing over and independent assortment during meiosis
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D Budding of zygotes
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Option C is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Crossing over (exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes) and independent assortment (random alignment of homologous pairs during metaphase I) during meiosis generate genetically unique gametes.

Hint

These are two key mechanisms in meiosis that shuffle genes.

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