Many Organisms Spend Most of Their Life Cycle in the Diploid

question 33

Multiple Choice

Many organisms spend most of their life cycle in the diploid state. If meiosis produces haploid cells, how is the diploid number restored for these types of organisms?

• A) by DNA replication
• B) through the transcription of DNA to RNA
• C) by synapsis of the homologous pairs of chromosomes during prophase of meiosis I
• D) by fertilization

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