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meiosis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | litotes |
| Type of | rhetorical device, understatement |
meiosis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | miosis, reduction division |
| Type of | cellular division, cell division |
| Has types | nondisjunction |
| Derivation | meiotic |
Examples of meiosis
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On average over 150 recombination events were observed during a typical meiosis.
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Antisense IME4, then, safeguards against meiosis in cells that can't handle it.
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If meiosis occurs, the offspring will get only a fraction of the mothers alleles.
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A diploid cell may also undergo meiosis to produce haploid cells, usually four.
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Meiosis The resultant number of cells is four times the number of original cells.
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Each pair of chromosomes must have at least one crossover for meiosis to work.
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Meiosis results in a random segregation of the genes contributed from each parent.
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They then studied how the cell's inability to phosphorylate Rec8 affected meiosis.
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The main cause of Down syndrome is non-disjunction during the meiosis process.
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- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- Litotes: understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
- (meiotic) of or relating to meiosis
- In biology, meiosis (pronounced) is a process of reductional division in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half. In animals, meiosis always results in the formation of gametes, while in other organisms it can give rise to spores. ...
- In rhetoric, meiosis is a euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than it really is. ...
- A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is; Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes
- The process of two consecutive cell divisions in the diploid progenitors of sex cells. Meiosis results in four rather than two daughter cells, each with a haploid set of chromosomes.
- The cell division, peculiar to reproductive cells, which allows genetic material to divide in half. Each new cell will contain twenty-three chromosomes. ...
- A pair of nuclear divisions forming gametes wherein the number of chromosomes is reduced from the diploid to the haploid number; resulting cells normally contain one member of each pair of homologous chromosomes.
