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Multiple Choice
Which process is directly responsible for producing gametes during alternation of generations?
A
Meiosis
B
Mitosis
C
Binary fission
D
Fertilization
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Understand the concept of alternation of generations, which is a life cycle that alternates between a multicellular diploid form (sporophyte) and a multicellular haploid form (gametophyte).
Recognize that gametes are haploid cells, meaning they contain a single set of chromosomes.
Identify that meiosis is the process that reduces the chromosome number by half, producing haploid cells from diploid cells.
Recall that in the alternation of generations, meiosis occurs in the sporophyte to produce haploid spores, which then develop into the gametophyte.
Conclude that the gametophyte produces gametes through mitosis, but the process directly responsible for producing the initial haploid cells (spores) that lead to gametes is meiosis.