Question

What is meiosis called reduction division and mitosis called equational division

Answer 1

meiosis is called reductive division because it splits the genetic material into two whereas mitosis just copies it into two.

meiosis: 2n= n+n

mitosis n=2n+2n

Answer 2

During meiosis , the amount of DNA gets reduce to half.

i.e. if the cell has 4C amount of DNA then after Meiosis the cells gets only half of the DNA (2C).

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Hence reductional division.

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During mitosis,

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Amount of DNA remains the same before and after the division.

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Therefore it is known as equational division.