Why is meiosis called a reduction division process? explain what is reduced and what is divided?

Marianne is comparing two animals: a fruit fly and a fruit bat. she asks, "do a fruit fly and a fruit bat share a common ancestor in their evolutionary history? " according to evolutionary theory, what is the answer to marianne's question?

Asap what occurs after cytokinesis is completed at the end of meiosis 1?

What does the hardy-weinberg principle relate to? a. chances of survival of an organism b. frequency of alleles in a population c. natural selection in a species d. causes of evolution among organisms