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Meiosis allows a plant to produce offspring plants with which characteristic?

a high rate of random mutations
traits identical to those of the parent plant
characteristics adaptive to the plant's environment
unique combinations of genetic material

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Answer:

unique combinations of genetic material

Step-by-step explanation:

Meiosis is one of the two types of cell division in which an organism produces daughter cells that are genetically different from the parent cell. Meiosis is the cell division which the cell uses to produce gametes (daughters cells).

The daughter cells are different genetically in the sense that they contain a different combination of chromosomes, which occurs in a process called CROSSING OVER. Therefore, a different but unique combination of the genetic material is actualized by MEIOSIS

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