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Word: Meiosis
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (in meiosis (sense 2)): modern Latin, from Greek meiōsis, from meioun ‘lessen’, from meiōn ‘less’. meiosis (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century
mʌɪˈəʊsɪs
a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores
Short Definition:type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half number of chromosomes of parent cell, as in production of gametes and plant spores
Examples:- the sporophytes of green algae form spores only by meiosis
- no recombinants were observed in over 100 meioses
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