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Through which type of division does the inheritance of chromosomes occur?


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Meiosis:

  1. The type of division in which a single cell divides into four haploid daughter cells.
  2. It occurs only in sex cells, particularly meiocytes.
  3. The nucleus divides twice during meiosis.
  4. Chromosome number becomes half during this case.
  5. Meiosis is the cell division that is responsible for the inheritance of chromosomes.
  6. Cell division by meiosis restores the constant chromosome number in the offspring.

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