Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): Assertion (A): Mitotic cell division takes place in somatic (body) cells, while meiotic cell division takes place in germ (sex) cells. Reason (R): The chromosome number is reduced to half in mitotic cell division, and the same number of chromosomes is retained in meiotic cell division. Select the correct option:

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(A) is true, but (R) is false.

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