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"First meiotic division is the reduction division". What does the word 'reduction' refer to in this statement?

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In the above statement, reduction means that the number of chromosomes in the sex cells is halved. For example, out of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans, only single chromosomes i.e. one number of each pair are passed on to the sex cells or gametes.

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