Gametes are produced by meiosis rather than mitosis because
A) mitosis would produce too many sister cells.
B) meiosis reduces the chromosome number so that zygotes produced will have one full genome.
C) meiosis doubles the chromosome number so that each gamete has twice the usual number of genes.
D) meiosis ensures that the gametes are identical to the cell that produced them.
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