Pl mendel wondered if the inheritance of one trait affected the inheritance of another. to find out, he crossed pure-breeding pea plants that varied in two traits, such as seed color and seed shape. an experiment like this is called a

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.