How does Meiosis contribute to variation?

How does Meiosis contribute to variation? Tell me which cells are involved in meiosis, and provide me with an abbreviated explanation of the steps of meiosis as you are explaining how meiosis contributes to variation. Next, what role does genetic mutation play in variation? Briefly explain gene flow as well. These are all terms that can be found in the textbook. Think about and write about whether Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace had any information about mutation and gene flow. Think about and look up when DNA was discovered(you can check out the Nobel Prize website; in Google search DNA Nobel prize)and contrast the DNA discovery time to the years when Darwin and Wallace were alive. From reading chapters 2, 3, and 4 in the textbook, do you think racism as well as a heightened focus on race drove scientific research duringDarwin’s and Wallace’s time? From the understandingrace.org website, type 3 to 4 facts you learned about race and variation. You need to also explain why these facts you selected matter, and tie them into your paper. Note: Variation is a major concept in anthropology. Variation is genetic variation, and at the cellular/DNA level-meiosis and mutation are major contributors to variation and so is gene flowThe sources required for the Race and Variation paper are the textbook and the two websites I typed in the instructions; these are the sources required for everyone to use for the Race and Variation Paper assignment. You will follow the questions I typed in the instructions to fulfill the Content portion of the paper, plus explanations of course. The questions are there as a guide, so everyone includes the correct Content. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 are too long for you all to include everything, so that is why I typed the questions in the instructions to narrow it down for everyone. The papers will not be peer-reviewed. You may certainly send me a draft of your paper before the due date; I’d be happy to provide suggestions. In-text parenthetical citations occur in the body of your paper. For example, if I add an in-text parenthetical citation for these sentences in this email it would look like this (Malekfar, 2020). This is APA style, which is one of two style options you all have. The other style is MLA, and it looks like this (Malekfar). MLA style omits the copyright year in the in-text parenthetical citation. Then the last page of your paper is a reference page formatted in either APA or MLA. You do not have to turn in an outline and annotated bibliography. Instead, you will turn in the paper formatted in either APA or MLA style. Finally, the textbook is available as an Ebook on the publisher’s website: https://www.cengage.com/c/introduction-to-physical-anthropology-15e-jurmain/9781337099820/