Aspecies has a diploid number of 36. without meiosis, the gametes would each contain chromosomes, and the fertilized ovum would have chromosomes.

A Species has a diploid number of 36.  Whithout meiosis, the gametes would each contain  36 chromosomes, and the fertilized ovum would have 72 chromosomes.

Explanation:

Dipliod cell contain a normal count of chromosomes.  The meiosis is the reproduction and division of the sexual cell (called gametes). when a cell comes in meiosis, at the end of the meiosis has 18 chromosomes (half of the total of chromosomes and it´s called haploid).      A ovum and a spermatozoon are gametes, so they have 18 chromosomes each.  When fertilization happens, the chromosomes add up, so there are 36

i would go with b

cytokinesis occurs after telophase so that eliminates d

and the entire reason for cytokinesis is for cellular reproduction