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Meiosis (/maɪˈoʊsɪs/ ; from
Ancient Gr**** μείωσις (
meíōsis) 'lessening',
since it is a
reductional division) is a
special type of cell
division of germ...
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ploidy is involved. To
return from a
diploid stage to a
haploid stage,
meiosis must occur. In
regard to
changes of ploidy,
there are
three types of cycles:...
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including fish, amphibians, and mice.
Normal egg
cells form in the
process of
meiosis and are haploid, with half as many
chromosomes as
their mother's body cells...
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homologous chromosomes in
meiosis I and then the
sister chromatids in
meiosis II. The
process of
meiosis I is
generally longer than
meiosis II
because it takes...
- The
tetrad is the four
spores produced after meiosis of a
yeast or
other Ascomycota,
Chlamydomonas or
other alga, or a plant.
After parent haploids mate...
- In rhetoric,
meiosis is a
euphemistic figure of
speech that
intentionally understates something or
implies that it is
lesser in
significance or size than...
- Oocyte —(
Meiosis I)—>
First Polar body (Discarded afterward) +
Secondary oocyte —(
Meiosis II)—>
Second Polar Body (Discarded afterward) + Ovum
Oocyte meiosis,...
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division (mitosis/
meiosis).
There are
three forms of nondisjunction:
failure of a pair of
homologous chromosomes to
separate in
meiosis I,
failure of sister...
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Achiasmate Meiosis refers to
meiosis without chiasmata,
which are
structures that are
necessary for
recombination to
occur and that
usually aid in the...
- a cell
division that
produces haploid gametes for ****ual
reproduction (
meiosis),
reducing the
number of
chromosomes from two of each type in the diploid...
