Meiosis is a specialized cell division process for sexual reproduction that halves the chromosome number, resulting in four genetically distinct haploid cells.
Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, producing four daughter cells with half the chromosomes of the parent cell.
| Front | meiosis |
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| Back | A modified type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms consisting of two rounds of cell division but only one round of DNA replication. It results in cells with half the number of chromosome sets as the original cell. |
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