Which statement best explains why meiosis produces haploid cells rather than diploid cells? A) Haploid cells join to form an organism that has half the number of chromosomes as the parent. B) Haploid cells join to form an organism that has a complete set of chromosomes. C) Haploid cells join to form an organism that has double the number of chromosomes as the parent. D) Haploid cells join to form an organism that is genetically identical to the parent.

I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option A. Meiosis produces haploid cells rather than diploid cells because haploid cells join to form an organism that has half the number of chromosomes as the parent. Hope this answers the question.

The correct option is B.

Meiosis is a type of cell division in which a cell divides two times to produce four haploid cells. An haploid cell is a cell that is made up of a single set of chromosomes; it contains half the amount of chromosomes that is present in diploid cells of the parent. The process of meiosis give rise to offspring, that are genetically different from the parents because, the haploid cells produced join together to form a new organism that has a complete set of chromosomes.