What is meiosis?

1 Answer
Jul 16, 2015

Meiosis is a type of cell division in which reduces the number of chromosomes by half.

Explanation:

Meiosis (not to be confused with mitosis) occurs in every sexually reproducing eukaryote and is required to produce egg and sperm cells. The result of meiosis is four daughter cells.

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