• During Meiosis the number of chromosomes in the daughter cell by half. • Hence it is also called a Reduction division. • The term Meiosis is given by JB Farmer and Moore in 1905. • Meiosis is restricted only to reproductive cells during which a diploid cell divides and give rise to four haploid cells. • The two phases of Meiosis are Meiosis-I in which chromosomes are reduced by half and during the second phase Meiosis-II there is no reduction in chromosomes.