Why is meiosis so important?

Meiosis is important because during sexual reproduction, it ensures that all produced organisms have the correct number of chromosomes. It is also responsible for producing genetic variations during the process of recombination, and it repairs some genetic defects. read more

In meiosis, during the formation of gametes in animals and spores in plants, the chromosome number is reduced to half. These chromosomes contain the basic DNA chain. During the first meiotic reduction division, the chromosomal pairs are divided so that each gamete or spore contains one of each chromosomal pair, it becomes a haploid. read more