i know the answer but do you???
2006-11-14 12:49:55 · 6 answers · asked by lil mama d 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Beause it you do not go through it, you will not be able to produce the egg and the sperm that make up the baby which in turn grows up to adulthood and produces its own sex cells and the generations continue. Now you could reproduce with mitosis but you would be a clone of your parent and therefore you would be susceptable to anything your parent is, in other words you would die of the same causes your parents would and at the same time just like bacteria.
2006-11-14 12:57:15 · answer #1 · answered by Gemma kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To prevent chromosome doubling when gametes fuse. Imagine a 46 chromosome gamete fusing with a 46 chromosome gamete, it'll result in a 92 chromosome zygote and the next generation will have 184 and so on. Wouldn't we all look weird by then? haha. So by having meiosis, chromosome numbers can be halved resulting in a complete daploid number when gametes fuse during fertilisation.
2006-11-17 01:10:25 · answer #2 · answered by cookiesncream 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hun mitosis is in plant not humans
2006-11-14 12:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by bearcatz_07 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to make gametes!
2006-11-14 12:54:55 · answer #4 · answered by darcy_t2e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to produce our sex cells
2006-11-14 12:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by Kiya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I know the answer thanks :)
hint: gametes ;)
2006-11-14 12:52:28 · answer #6 · answered by town_cl0wn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋