meiotic division

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• meiotic — mei*ot ic, a. [See {meiosis}.] (Cell Biology) Of or pertaining to {meiosis}; as, meiotic division. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Meiotic recombination checkpoint — The meiotic recombination checkpoint monitors the meiotic recombination during meiosis, and blocks the entry into metaphase I if the recombination is not efficiently processed. Meitotic recombination contributes to the cells in two different ways …   Wikipedia

• meiotic drive — A meiotic mechanism of cell division resulting in two kinds of gametes produced by a heterozygote with unequal recovery …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• meiotic — meiosis ► NOUN (pl. meioses) 1) Biology a type of cell division that results in daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. Compare with MITOSIS(Cf. ↑mitosis). 2) another term for LITOTES(Cf. ↑litotes). DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

• division — A separating into two or more parts. SEE ALSO: ramus. SYN: divisio. anterior primary d. SYN: anterior ramus of spinal nerve. anterior divisions of (trunks of) brachial plexus [TA] portion of the …   Medical dictionary

• meiotic — maɪ əʊtɪk adj. pertaining to meiosis, of or relating to the process of cell division which occurs in the maturation of sex cells (Biology) …   English contemporary dictionary

• reduction division — noun (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) • Syn: ↑meiosis …   Useful english dictionary

• Reduction division — The first cell division in meiosis, the process by which germ cells are formed. A unique event in which the chromosome number is reduced from diploid (46 chromosomes) to haploid (23 chromosomes). Also called first meiotic division or first… …   Medical dictionary

• maturation division — n a meiotic division * * * meiosis …   Medical dictionary

• maturation division — noun : a meiotic division * * * Cell Biol. a stage in meiosis during which the chromosomal number of the reproductive cell is reduced to one chromosome from each original chromosome pair …   Useful english dictionary

• automictic meiotic parthenogenesis — A normal reduction division occurs, followed by the fusion of the two nuclei so that the diploid number of chromosomes is restored; often the female pronucleus fuses with the second polar body nucleus, or two cleavage nuclei may fuse; only… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology