Question

Why meiosis is called reduction division? Describe the stages with relevent diagrams

Answer 1

Meiosis is called reductional devision because in it chromosome no.s reduce in half (46 to 23(in humans))

The process of meiosis involves two divisions of the genetic material. 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).