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Meiosis is also known as

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Mitosis

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Mulitplicational division

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Reductional division

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Both A and C

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Solution

The correct option is D Reductional division
Meiosis is a reductional cell division which occurs mostly in reproductive cell. The daughter cell produced after meiosis has half the number of chromosomes as compared to the parent cell. It occurs in two stage they are meiosis I and meiosis II. Meiosis I is a reductional division while meiosis II is an equational division.
So, the correct answer is option C.

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