During meiosis chromosomes move randomly to separate poles. A human gamete will end up with 23 chromosomes after meiosis, but ensures that each gamete will have one of many different combinations of chromosomes.

Independent assortment

Explanation:

Meiosis is a type of cell division which divides the parental cell into four daughter cell by first reducing the genetic DNA through meiosis I and then equally distributing that reduced DNA in the two more cells through meiosis II.

In the given case, the human genome is packaged into 46 chromosomes or 23 pair of homologous chromosomes. The 46 chromosomes are reduced to 23 chromosomes through meiosis I and then again distributed equally through meiosis II.

The mechanics of distributing the genetic material is meiosis but another genetic principle called the independent assortment which states that the factors separate independently of each other ensures that the genetic material received in each daughter cells have many ones of many combinations of chromosomes.

Thus, Independent assortment is correct.

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