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to avoid the doubling of chromosome numbers, meiosis reduces the cell to what type of chromosome number during division? biggest diploid haploid right
Meiosis is a type of cell division that occurs in sexually - reproducing organisms. The key function of meiosis is to produce gametes (sperm and eggs). In a diploid organism (an organism with two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent), if gametes were diploid, when fertilization occurs (sperm and egg fuse), the resulting zygote would have a chromosome number that is double the normal.
To prevent this, meiosis reduces the chromosome number. A diploid cell (\(2n\)) undergoes meiosis to produce haploid cells (\(n\)). Haploid cells have half the number of chromosomes of the diploid parent cell. When a haploid sperm (\(n\)) fertilizes a haploid egg (\(n\)), the resulting zygote is diploid (\(2n\)) again, maintaining the correct chromosome number for the species.
The term "biggest" is not relevant in the context of chromosome number reduction in meiosis. "Diploid" is the chromosome number of the parent cell (before meiosis in most cases), not the reduced number. "Right" is a non - scientific and non - relevant term in this biological context.
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