Question

first meiotic division is the reduction division why does the word reduction refer to in this statement​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The first division is called the reduction division – or meiosis I – because it reduces the number of chromosomes from 46 chromosomes or 2n to 23 chromosomes or n (n describes a single chromosome set).

Answer 2

Explanation:

The word reduction means the No. of chromosome and amount of DNA in daughter cell get half of parent cell

2.it occurs mainly in diploid cell