The sperm and ovum that joined to become you each had only one half of each of the pairs of chromosomes that belonged to your father and mother. The process that created the sperm and ovum is known as ____

a. ?mitosis
b. ?halitosis
c. ?meiosis
d. ?zygosis


ANSWER:
c

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