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Why is meiosis important ​

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Meiosis is important because it ensures that all organisms produced via sexual reproduction contain the correct number of chromosomes. Meiosis also produces genetic variation by way of the process of recombination.

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Meiosis is important because it ensures that all organisms produced via sexual reproduction contain the correct number of chromosomes.

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