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How is meiosis,fertilization, and mitosis related?

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all help plants grow and get nutrients they need to survive and strive in this world
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Whereas somatic cells undergo mitosis to proliferate, the germ cells undergo meiosis to produce haploid gametes (the sperm and the egg). ... The development of a new progeny organism is then initiated by the fusion of these gametes at fertilization.
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