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Whyis meiosis necessary? Why can't organisms just use mitosis toproduce every single cell?

How do independent assortment of chromosomes and crossing over(recombination) of homologous pairs contribute to geneticvariation?

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1 most of the organisms are diploid mitosis is equational division that is the number of chromosomes in both parental cells and daughter cells are the same If all the cells in an organism divide by mitosis all cells will be diploid so progenies will be exactly similar to parents and genetic diversity can not be generated for natural    See Answer
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