Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): During meiosis, genetic recombination occurs which leads to genetic diversity among offspring.
Reason (R): Genetic recombination is facilitated by the crossing over of homologous chromosomes during prophase I of meiosis.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.