Variation

Question 1

What does meiosis and sexual reproduction produce?

Answer 1

Variation before offspring and parents

Question 2

Example stage 1 in how this happens

Answer 2

When the gametes fuse, genetic information from two individuals are combined

Question 3

Example stage 2 in how this happens

Answer 3

For each gene just one of each parent’s alleles is passed on

Question 4

Example stage 3 in how this happens

Answer 4

Each offspring can have a different combination of alleles from either parent

Question 5

Example stage 4 in how this happens

Answer 5

The offspring have different characteristics from each other