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Why is Reduction Division Important? Why is Meiosis Referred to as Such? - Biology

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Why is reduction division important? Why is meiosis referred to as such?
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Meiosis is a reductional division as in meiosis the number of chromosomes of parent cell is reduced to half in the daughter cells. Now, this reductional division is significant because it restores the number of chromosomes in a species.

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Chapter 1: Cell Division - Exercise 1 [Page 11]

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Frank Biology [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 1 Cell Division
Exercise 1 | Q 21 | Page 11

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