Question

"first meiotic division is the reduction division"what does the word reduction refer to in this statement

Answer 1

The daughter cell has half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell
2n divides into n and n

Answer 2

First meiotic division is reduction division means the number of chromosomes reduce to half. For example if a cell has '2n' number of chromosome then after first meiotic division this number would be 'n'.

Gametes should be produced by meiosis because in sexual reproduction fusion of gametes takes place in order to retain the actual number of chromosomes.