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solmaris [256]
3 years ago
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How does meiosis reduce the number on chromosomes contained in a cell?​

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lina2011 [118]3 years ago
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Germ cells have only half the number of chromosomes as a diploid cell � one of each pair. The number of chromosomes is reduced from 46 (23 pairs) to 23 during the process of meiosis. Because they have only half the total chromosomes in a somatic cell, they are termed haploid (n).
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