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meiosis
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a special kind of cell division which produces the reproductive cells, the egg and sperm, whereby the chromosome content is reduced to 23 chromosomes (the haploid number). More on meiosis...
Ãâó: www.medgen.ubc.ca/wrobinson/mosaic/glossary.htm
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meiosis
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Process of cell division which occurs exclusively in germ cells and functions to reduce the chromosome number from 46 to 23 in this cell lineage.
Ãâó: www.understandingnf1.org/glossary/
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meiosis
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The production of se x cells, which are not genetically identical, through a series of cell divisions. Compare to mitosis.
Ãâó: www.exploratorium.edu/genepool/glossary.html
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meiosis
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The specialised cell division that takes place when sex cells (sperm or egg cells) are produced. The members of each homologous pair of chromosomes separate from each other so that each sex cell receives only one member of each pair.
Ãâó: www.phgu.org.uk/info_database/glossary.html
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meiosis
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The ordered process of cell division by which the chromosome number is reduced by half. Meiosis is the key element in the production of haploid gametes.
Ãâó: www.apologeticspress.org/articles/175
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