Question

Name the type of cell division which occurs in the cells of the reproductive organs?

Answer 1

1. The type of cell division used in sexual reproduction is meiosis. Only the testes and ovaries are affected.It gives rise to cells that are distinct from one another and from the parent cell.
2. It is responsible for transmission of hereditary information from generation to generation.
3. It involves single duplication of chromosome followed by two successive division called Meiosis I and Meiosis II.