Explain why meiosis and gametogenesis are always interlinked?

(N/A) Meiosis is the process of reductional division in which the amount of genetic material is reduced to half.
Gametogenesis is the process of formation of gametes.
- The gametes produced by gametogenesis are always haploid $(n)$.
- The body of an organism is typically diploid $(2n)$.
- Therefore,it is necessary that meiosis occurs during gametogenesis to produce haploid gametes,which ensures that the chromosome number is halved in the developing gametes.
- This process is essential to maintain the constant chromosome number of the species after fertilization.