this project, you will analyze claims about the causes of inherited genetic variation. You will then make your own claim based on prior knowledge. Next, you will defend your claim by conducting research to gather information that supports it. Finally, you will present your claim and defense in a typewritten pape

''Genetic variation occurs from changes in homologous chromosomes  during meiosis''.

Explanation:

''Genetic variation occurs from changes in homologous chromosomes''. Genetic variation occurs from a number of techniques such as mutation, random mating, random fertilization, and recombination between homologous chromosomes during the process of meiosis. meiosis is a type of cell division which occurs in the sex cells of the organisms which is responsible for the variation in the body of organisms.

the answer is c) an oak tree

i think that it is plants