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It is a division that reduces the number of chromosomes to half of their number before the division.
The first division reduces the number of Chromosomes by half.
Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells. This process is required to produce egg and sperm cells for sexual reproduction. During reproduction, when the sperm and egg unite to form a single cell, the number of chromosomes is restored in the offspring
Meiosis is the division of a cell into eventually 4 daughter cells containing half the number of original chromosomes such as sperm and egg cells.
The process of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the number of chromosomes in reproductive cells from diploid to haploid, leading to the production of gametes in animals and spores in plants.
Meiosis reduces number of chromosomes to one half . when two gametes fuse , it restores original diploid number of chromosomes .With out this diploid number of chromosomes could not be maintained .
During Meiosis, the process at which reproductive cells divide, the new daughter cells will have half the chromosomes as the parent cells. On the other hand, during mitosis, the division of body cells, after the process is over, the daughter cells will have the same amount of chromosomes as the parents.
The process of meiosis.
meiotic cell division
The process of meiosis.
Meiosis 1 is called a reduction division because it reduces the number of chromosomes from diploid to haploid. This division results in the production of gametes.
Meiosis is a process of reduction division in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell.