Multiple choice

The characteristic feature of meiosis is that

  1. daughter cells have the same genetic information as the parent cell

  2. centromere are divided at anaphase II

  3. homologous chromosomes do not cross-over

  4. daughter cells have half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell (2n - n)
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Explanation

Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells.

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