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Why is meiosis called reduction division?
Why is meiosis called reduction division?
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Meiosis is called reduction division because number of chromosomes in daughter cells is reduced to half than that of parent cell. For example a human cell contain 46 chromosomes, but the egg and sperm cells produced as a result of meiotic division contain 23 chromosomes.