During reproduction,the chromosome number $(2n)$ reduces to half $(n)$ in the gametes,and the original number $(2n)$ is restored in the offspring. What are the processes through which these events take place?
- AMitosis and Fertilization
- BMeiosis and Fertilization
- CMeiosis and Mitosis
- DFertilization and Mitosis
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