Answer:
Meiosis is the process of reductional division through which gametes are obtained and during this process crossing over or genetic recombination occurs, resulting in offspring cells that are genetically different from the parent cell that divided to produce them.
Step-by-step explanation:
Meiosis is a reductive division process that consists in obtaining two haploid daughter cells from a diploid parent cell.
In the prophase of meiosis I, chromosomal crossover occurs, with genetic exchange between homologous non-sibling chromatids, once these homologous chromosomes are aligned.
As a result of meiosis not only will the daughter cells have half of the chromosomes of the original cell, but each daughter cell will be genetically different from the parent cell that divided to produce it.
Unlike meiosis, in mitosis the result will be two identical daughter cells -in number of chromosomes and genetic content- to the parent cell that originated them.