Q. The term ‘meiosis’ was given by
A) Rusk
B) Flemming
C) Johannsen
D) Former and Moore
Explanation
Meiosis occurs in a diploid cell. It is a double division which gives rise to four haploid cells, each having half the number of chromosomes as compared to the parent cell. The term ‘meiosis’ was coined by Farmer and Moore in 1905
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