Gametes of an organism have haploid number of chromosomes. why?
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It allows the mixing of genetic material from separate individuals (during fertilization) to produce cells with the correct diploid number of chromosomes where one chromosome of each pair is from the female and the other from the male. This process of mixing of genetic information allows favorable traits from both parents to passed on to succeeding generations, produces greater genetic variation in the population (which may mean greater survivability and is the fuel for natural selection) and I suspect is a “faster” way to distribute/disseminate genetic variation throughout the population vs just waiting for asexual cloning to produce genetic variation.
Also something to note: plant gametes are not always haploid…