(meiosis)
11meiosis — (Del gr. μείωσις, disminución). f. Biol. Sucesión de dos divisiones celulares durante la formación de los gametos, de la que resultan cuatro células que tienen un cromosoma de cada pareja de la célula original …
12meiosis — ► NOUN (pl. meioses) 1) Biology a type of cell division that results in daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. Compare with MITOSIS(Cf. ↑mitosis). 2) another term for LITOTES(Cf. ↑litotes). DERIVATIVES …
13Meiosis — Not to be confused with miosis, mitosis, or myositis. For the figure of speech, see meiosis (figure of speech). Events involving meiosis, showing chromosomal crossover Meiosis (pronounced /maɪˈoʊsɨs/&# …
14Meiosis — What chromosomes do during germ cell formation to halve the chromosome number from 46 to 23. Chromosomes are the carriers of DNA, the hereditary material, in the cells of the body. The chromosomes are visible under the microscope. Women and men… …
15Meiosis — ► sustantivo femenino BIOLOGÍA Proceso en el que se reduce a la mitad el número de cromosomas de las células vivas y que constituye el estadio esencial de su formación. TAMBIÉN meyosis IRREG. plural meiosis * * * meiosis (del gr. «meíōsis»,… …
16meiosis — meiotic /muy ot ik/, adj. /muy oh sis/, n. 1. Cell Biol. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid. Cf …
17meiosis — A specialized form of nuclear division in which there are two successive nuclear divisions (meiosis I and II) without any chromosome replication between them. Each division can be divided into 4 phases similar to those of mitosis (pro , meta ,… …
18meiosis — The process of division of sex cells, resulting in the formation of gametes (eggs or sperm cells). In meiosis the nucleus undergoes two separate divisions, but the chromosomes are duplicated only once. So the four daughter cells each possess only …
19meiosis — reduction division; n. a type of cell division that produces four daughter cells, each having half the number of chromosomes of the original cell. It occurs before the formation of sperm and ova and the normal (diploid) number of chromosomes is… …
20meiosis — {{＃}}{{LM M25373}}{{〓}} {{［}}meiosis{{］}} ‹me·io·sis› {{◆}}(pl. meiosis){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{♂}}En biología,{{♀}} proceso de división por el que una célula origina cuatro gametos o células sexuales con el número de cromosomas reducido a la… …
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