Meiosis produces gametes, which are sex cells like sperm and egg cells.

Here's why:

* Meiosis is a specialized type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in a cell by half.

* Gametes need to have half the number of chromosomes as other body cells (somatic cells) so that when a sperm and egg fuse during fertilization, the resulting zygote will have the correct number of chromosomes.

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