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Nezavi [6.7K]
3 years ago
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Why is meiosis called reduction division? *

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Romashka [77]3 years ago
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Meiosis is called the reduction division because it reduces the number of chromosomes from 46 chromosomes or 2n to 23 chromosomes or n.
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