Question

Give scientific reason:

Meiosis I is considered a reductional division.

Answer 1

Meiosis

1. Meiosis is called reduction division because the number of chromosomes is halved in the cell after the meiotic division.
2. The number of chromosomes gets halved in the first meiotic division so it is called reduction division.
3. The second meiotic division is more like mitosis.
4. Gametes contain half the number of chromosomes as primordial germ cells as they are produced by meiosis.