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Meanings of meiosis in anglès

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meiosis

(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)

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        Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

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              Recombination is the exchange of information between two homologous chromosomes during meiosis.
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              2
              The key step for faithful chromosome segregation during meiosis is kinetochore assembly.
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              3
              Would she have been willing to risk the random roll of meiosis?
              Still alice
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              In meiosis, recombinant frequencies were reduced by a factor of approximately 10.
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              These findings confirm errors in meiosis as the origin of struma ovarii.
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              An account of meiosis can be found in any basic genetics textbook.
              Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
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              The effect of purine on the meiosis of mouse oocytes was studied.
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              Consequently, most Lsd1-null oocytes fail to complete meiosis I and undergo apoptosis.
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              The meiotic error in the mother most probably occurred in meiosis II.
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              In each case the aberration was consistent with a maternal meiosis I error.
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              Pollen grains are the haploid products of meiosis required in fertilization.
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              However, the roles of kinetochores in homologous chromosome segregation during meiosis are ill-defined.
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              Accurate segregation of chromosomes during meiosis requires physical links between homologs.
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              How the selective release of chromosome cohesion is regulated during meiosis remains unclear.
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              Following completion of meiosis, DNA replication must be repressed until fertilization.
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              Here we found that Zwint-1 is required for homologous chromosome segregation during meiosis.
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              Meiosis through the time
              Meiosis across language varieties
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