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State the significance of meiosis.
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Where in the human body does meiosis take place, and what does it produce?
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
Meiosis takes place in the testes and the ovaries. It produces the sperms in the male and the ova in the female, each carrying 23 chromosomes.
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Explanation
A human somatic cell has 46 chromosomes, so fertilisation restores that number.
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