Question

Comment on the statement – Meiosis enables the conservation of specific chromosome number of each species even though the process per se, results in reduction of chromosome number.

Answer 1

Meiosis is the mechanism by which conservation of a specific chromosome number of each species is achieved across generations in sexually reproducing organisms, even though the process, per se, paradoxically, results in a reduction of chromosome number by half. But fertilisation restores the chromosome number.