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Meanings of meiosis in English
(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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Recombination is the exchange of information between two homologous chromosomes during meiosis.
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The key step for faithful chromosome segregation during meiosis is kinetochore assembly.
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Would she have been willing to risk the random roll of meiosis?
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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.
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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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