Explain why meiosis and gametogenesis are always interlinked?

Hint: Gametogenesis happens by the meiotic division in diploid gametocytes into different gametes, or by mitosis, based on the biological life cycle of the organism.

Complete Answer:
- One of the salient traits of all species is reproduction. It is a biochemical mechanism through which their offspring are giving birth by species.
- The offspring grow, mature and create offspring of their species once again.
- Reproduction is a means of multiplying and maintaining pre-existing populations, giving birth to new young people when ageing people are expected to deteriorate or face mortality.
- Gametogenesis is the method of the development of gametes. Meiosis is the cell division mechanism that decreases the number of chromosomes, i.e. The DNA content in the resulting daughter cells is half that.
- Gametes are haploid cells and are thus the result of meiosis. In the resulting offspring, the combination of male and female gametes throughout syngamy recovers the DNA material.
-To retain the constant number of chromosomes over generations, gametogenesis happens to generate haploid gametes by meiosis.

Note: A key aspect of gametogenesis is meiosis, but the adaptive role of meiosis is a matter of controversy at present. The association of homologous chromosomes and recombination (interchange of genetic information) between homologous chromosomes is a crucial event during meiosis.