AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Meiosis is important for creating genomic diversity in a species. It accomplishes this primarily through 2 processes: independent assortment and crossing over (recombination).

Detailed explanation-2: -One purpose of meiosis is to reduce the number of chromosomes by half. The other is to create genetic diversity. Meiosis begins like mitosis: the cell copies each chromosome. But unlike in mitosis, homologous chromosome pairs line up and exchange pieces-a process called recombination.

Detailed explanation-3: -So, the correct option is ‘pachytene’

Detailed explanation-4: -Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells. This process is required to produce egg and sperm cells for sexual reproduction.