Biology for IGCSE & O level - Inheritance (Section 1 - No. 11)

What is the role of meiosis in the context of genetics?

Produces gametes.

Produces somatic cells.

Creates identical copies of cells.

Initiates growth.

Meiosis is the process of cell division that produces gametes (sperm and egg cells), which have half the number of chromosomes as somatic cells.