Explain how the result of meiosis and cytokinesis affects inherited traits

Meiosis is a type of cell division in which a single cell is divided into four daughter cells having half number of chromosome while cytokinesis is the division of cytoplasm.

Meiosis occurs only in sex cells which are responsible for the formation of new organism. Traits are transferred from parents to the offspring through the process of sexual reproduction. In sexual reproduction, sex cells i. e. sperm cells of male fuse with egg cell of female forming a zygote which turns into a new organism and traits are transferred from one generation to another.

During meiosis, homologous chromosomes (1 from each parent) pair along their lengths. At each chiasma, the chromosomes break and rejoin, trading some of their genes. This recombination results in genetic variation.