Assertion: zygote's number | /r/HasProperty | reduced by half
Facets:
value: to produce haploid gametes
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In eukaryotes, there are two distinct types of cell division: a vegetative division, whereby each daughter cell is genetically identical to the parent cell (mitosis), and a reproductive cell division, whereby the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells is reduced by half to produce haploid gametes (meiosis).