Question

meiosis is essential event in the sexual life cycle of any organisms give two reasons

Answer 1

• Sexual reproduction takes place which requires a special type of cell division called meiosis because of which organisms are able to Sexual reproduce and populate the are with same species.
• Taking a note; Meiosis is a means of reshuffling of genetic traits which introduces variability, that being, is very crucial to the development and the physiology of the organism.

Answer 2

Meiosis is an essential event in sexual life cycle of any organism. The following are the reasons :-

• It reduces the number of chromosomes in the gametes to half.
• It helps in maintaining the number of chromosomes constant in organisms.