_____________ ensures that a child receives 23 chromosomes from each parent

A) Meiosis
B) Crossing over
C) Mitosis
D) Nonshared environment


A) Meiosis. Meiosis ("reduction division") results in sex cells that have 23 chromosomes so that during fertilization both parents contribute equally to the offspring's genotype.

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