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Which best describes meiosis?
It produces cells that are identical to the original cell.
It is responsible for the replacement of damaged skin cells.
It is responsible for growth of the organism.
It produces male and female sex cells.

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The best option that describes meiosis is the last one: "It produces male and female sex cells"

Step-by-step explanation:

Meiosis is the process of making offspring, from the joining of a sperm cell, from a male, and an egg cell, from a female, to the creation of a zygote. In order for life to be created (at least for a human baby), it'll need 46 chromosomes. And so 23 chromosome come from the sperm cell while the other 23 come from the egg cell.

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