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________ type of cell division reduces chromosome number to half in sex cells.

A

DNA duplication and meiotic

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B

DNA amplification and mitotic

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C

DNA multiplication and cytokinesis

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D

DNA replication and meiotic

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Solution

The correct option is D
DNA replication and meiotic

Meiosis - I of meiotic cell division reduces chromosome number to half in sex cells and so is called reductional division.

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