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it cuts in half
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The chromosomes divide into half, which is also known as the haploid number.
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it doubles.
First, it doubles, giving a result of 92 chromosomes. Then, the cell divides, leaving each cell with 46 chromosomes. Then, it divides again, leaving each cell (there are 4) with 23 chromosomes.
Miosis pair 23 chromosomes from a male and 23 from female and form 46 chromosomes and it is called zygote

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It divides them in half. Hence the term 'reduction division.'

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The # of chromosomes in a sex cell is halved, from the diploid #(46) to the haploid #(23).

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Meiosis reduces/changes the chromosome number from the diploid 2n to the haploid 1n.

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It become half the number. Haploid cells are made

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