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What reduction division makes the number of chromosomes present in a cell to be reduced by half?

meiosis


Process where the number of chromosomes is reduced by half?

Meiosis.


What is reduced by a process called mitosis?

Number of chromosomes


Both meiosis and fertilization are essential to maintain chromosome number constant .why?

Total number of chromosomes remain same in same species of organism through meiosis process. In meiosis process the number of chromosomes are reduced to half as a result in gametes only one set of chromosomes will be present. In this process chromosomes are same.....


How is the karyotype determined?

The number of chromosomes present.


What does the term 2N mean?

2n is the diploid number. It double the number of chromosomes present in a genome. 2n represents the number of chromosomes in a somatic cell. The number n is called the haploid number. n represents the number of chromosomes present in a germ cell


What is karyotype?

A method of illustrating what chromosomes are present.


What is the number of chromosomes in present offspring compared to the number of chromosomes in the parent organism during the process of cloning?

4


Why it is important that the number of chromosomes is reduced when gametes are formed?

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Why is it important that the number of chromosomes is reduced when gametes are formed?

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What happens in anaphase 1?

The homologous chromosomes will separate and it reduced it number by half.


How many chromosomes would a cell have during metaphase 1 of meiosis if it has 12 chromosomes during interphase?

Meiosis is known as a reduction division. The total number of chromosomes present prior to meiosis is reduced in half at the end of meiosis. In this case 12 pairs of chromosomes before meiosis (a total of 24 chromosomes) becomes 12 chromosomes (one of each pair) at the end of meiosis.