Q. Meiosis occurs in organisms during

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Solution:

The sexual reproduction involves the formation of zygote which is formed by the fusion of gametes. These gametes are haploid, and they are formed by the process of meiotic division in which the chromosome number gets half and there is also the exchange of genetic material between non- sister chromatids which allow the variation. The offspring formed by sexual reproduction varies from their parents genetically as well as phenotically, whereas in vegetative reproduction the new offspring, formed by any of the non-reproductive cell which produce by the mitotic division, are similar to their parents genetically.