Gametes are produced by meiosis rather than mitosis because
A) mitosis would produce too many sister cells.
B) meiosis reduces the number of chromosomes so that the zygotes resulting from fertilization will have one full genome consisting of a diploid number of chromosomes.
C) meiosis doubles the number of chromosomes 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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