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Which statement best explains one reason why the cells produced from meiosis are different from the cells produced during mitosis?

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Answer: gametes are cells used to sexual reproduction. they are haploids and that means they have just one set of chromosomes (most of the cells of our body have 2 sets). that kind of cells is produced mainly by meiotic division of the gamete's stem cell (called oogonium or spermatogonium) and that's why meiosis usually leads to the production of gametes. gametes are haploids so that they could combine (egg with sperm cell) and create the whole new organism (adult organism is almost always diploid).

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Gametes are an organism's reproductive cells. They are also referred to as sex cells. Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells, and each cell carries only one copy of each chromosome. These make these cells different to the ones produced during mitosis

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