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Cell Cycle and Cell Division — BIOLOGY STD 11 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYCell Cycle and Cell Division1 Mark
MCQ
Meiosis occurs in organisms during.
  • ✓
    Sexual reproduction.
  • B
    Vegetative reproduction.
  • C
    Both sexual and vegetative reproduction.
  • D
    None of the above.
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Answer

Correct option: A.
Sexual reproduction.
Meiosis is a cell division which ensures production of haploid phase in life cycle of sexually reproducing organisms. It reduces the chromosome number to half, so that each daughter nuclei receives only one set of each kind of chromosome.

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