Meiosis is important to multicellular organisms because: A. it completes the cell cycle of an existing cell before new cells can

Meiosis is important to multicellular organisms because:
A. it completes the cell cycle of an existing cell before new cells can
be formed.
B. it results in the production of diploid gametes for the process of
sexual reproduction.
C. it ensures that sexual reproduction will result in offspring with the
same chromosome number as their parents.
D. it enables the offspring that result from sexual reproduction to
inherit the same genetic information from their parents.