With which type of reproduction do we associate the reduction division?
Analyse the reasons for it.
NCERT Class XII
Biology - Main Course Book
Chapter 1. Reproduction
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Reduction division is also known as meiosis. We associate meiosis with sexual reproduction. Meiosis is responsible for the formation of gametes (sex cells). These cells are haploid (i.e. they contain half the number of chromosomes as the parent organism). The number of chromosomes is halved in order to compensate for the doubling effect of fertilisation, which results from the fusion of a sperm and egg cell.
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