meiotic

meiosis | American Dictionary

meiosis
noun[ U ]
us/mɑɪˈoʊ·sɪs/
biology
the type of cell division in which one cell divides into four gametes (= male or female cells that join to form an organism), each with a different mixture of chromosomes (= cell structures) and half the number as were in the original cell

Examples of meiosis

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Meiosis in protists : recent advances and persisting problems.
The rest of the mutations were clearly generated during meiosis and occurred in tetrads with any progenitor alleles.
We wanted to find out whether such treatment affects the ability of the egg to complete the meiosis and to transform nuclei of spermatozoa.
Immature oocytes contained intact germinal vesicles; mature oocytes resumed meiosis and had undergone germinal vesicle breakdown.
We conclude that this mechanism has probably already developed by the time the germ cells have become committed to meiosis.
Our results here indicate that this factor or factors may have developed by the time the germ cells have become committed to meiosis.
As growth is completed, transcription becomes silent, and sufficient molecules are stored in the oocytes for meiosis and full developmental competence.
Effect of prematuration, meiosis activating sterol and enriched maturation medium on the nuclear maturation and competence to development of calf oocytes.
In less well-spread preparations it was apparent that the triploids failed in meiosis.
This allows for comparisons to be drawn between strains that are capable or incapable of undergoing meiosis, without the confounding effects of differences in ploidy.
Note that after a renaming of the constitutive elements, the inclusion of the recombination step makes the whole process a canonical example of meiosis.
Function and characteristics of repetitive calcium waves associated with meiosis.
Resumption of meiosis: mechanism involved in meiotic progression and its relation with developmental competence.
As an oocyte grows, its diameter increases and the competence to complete meiosis also is improved.
It is not understood how oocytes acquire meiotic competence during their growth phase to become competent to resume and complete meiosis.
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