Question

Sexual reproduction promotes genetic variation. One way variation occurs is via the production of gametes during meiosis. Sexual organisms are the product of sperm and egg, receiving chromosomes from both parents. But what mechanisms are at work

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The self-portrait of an 18th-century artist and his family in Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\) clearly illustrates an important point. Children in a family resemble their parents and each other, but the children are never exactly the same unless they are identical twins. Each of the daughters in the painting inherited a unique combination of traits from the parents. In this concept, you will learn how this happens. It all begins with sex — sexual reproduction, that is.