Asingle pair of goldfish in an aquarium produced a large number of offspring. these offspring showed variations in body shape and coloration. the most likely explanation for these variations is that the …
offspring were adapting to different environments
offspring were produced from different combinations of genes
parent fish had not been exposed to mutagenic agents

Which statement is not an accurate description of meiosis? a) meiosis produces offspring that are genetically diverse. b) meiosis produces offspring that are identical to the parent. c) in sexual reproduction half of the genetic material comes from the father (sperm) and half of the genetic material comes from the mother (egg). d) meiosis decreases the number of chromosomes by half so that when a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting zygote has the correct number of chromosomes.