division? A. process results in variation of organisms   B. daughter cells has the same gamete information as the parent cell   C. daughter cell’s contain only ½ of the number of chromosomes compared to parent cell   D. size of the parent cell reduced during the formation of daughter cell

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20. Why meiosis is called reduction division?

A. process results in variation of organisms
 
B. daughter cells has the same gamete information as the parent cell
 
C. daughter cell’s contain only ½ of the number of chromosomes compared to parent cell
 
D. size of the parent cell reduced during the formation of daughter cell
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