The research done by Soto, Sonnenschein, and Hunt reveals how chemicals could affect the production of gametes, thereby affecting the passage of genetic traits down from one generation to the next. Which of the following mechanisms are responsible for the generation of genetically diverse offspring? a. independent assortment of chromosomes during meiosis I
b. independent assortment of chromosomes during meiosis II
c. genetic recombination
d. crossing over

a,c,d

Explanation:

Crossing over occcur when genetic material is exchanged between homologous chromosome this leads to formation of new genes that creates diversity.

homologous chromosome assort imdependently i.e seperate from each other leading to the formation of an entirely new gene that creates diversity.

Genetic recombination when gene recombines together to produce a unique type. It occurs between different species.

The correct answer is- changes in a population's gene pool

Explanation:

Differential reproduction suggest that those organism who are well adapted to there environment and reproductive fit are more likely to survive till reproductive age and are more likely to produce their offsprings.

So only those genes will pass to the next generation which is more suited to the environment and the less adapted genes will disappear over time due to differential reproduction.

Therefore if some genes are lost over time by loss of less reproductive suitable individuals of a population then their gene pool also changes because the gene pool is the sum of all the genes found in a population.

Therefore the correct answer is-changes in a population's gene pool.