Gametes reproduce through _____.
A) mitosis
B) meiosis
C) fertilization
D) dominant-recessive inheritance

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Gametes undergo meiosis, a specialized type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes by half, resulting in haploid cells that have half the genetic information of the parent cell. This enables the fusion of two haploid gametes during fertilization to restore the original diploid number of chromosomes in the zygote. Mitosis is the type of cell division that produces diploid cells through the process of cell growth and division. Dominant-recessive inheritance is a pattern of trait inheritance that depends on the presence or absence of dominant alleles, whereas gamete formation is a process that leads to the formation of haploid cells. Therefore, the best choice is B: meiosis.

Gametes Reproduce Through _____