The essence of meiosis is that
a. gametes receive one copy of each member
of each pair of homologous chromosomes.
b. diploid gametes are formed.
c. each gamete receives one member of each
pair of homologous chromosomes.
d. haploid gametes are formed.
e. each gamete receives one member of each
pair of homologous chromosomes, and
haploid gametes are formed.
E
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