(meiosis)
41meiosis — maɪ əʊsɪs n. process of cell division which occurs in the maturation of sex cells (Biology) …
42meiosis — (s.f.) Consiste nello sminuire una cosa al fine di esaltarne un altra. Rappresenta una tipologia di litote, mediante la quale ci si riferisce a qualcosa con un nome sproporzionatamente inferiore rispetto alla sua natura. litote, tapinosi …
43meiosis — Process of cell division by which the chromosome number becomes haploid; cell division that produces the gametes. Cf. mitosis …
44meiosis — mei·o·sis …
45meiosis — UK [maɪˈəʊsɪs] / US [maɪˈoʊsɪs] noun [uncountable] biology a type of cell division in which a cell divides into four cells, each of which contains half the number of chromosomes of the original cell See: mitosis …
46meiosis — /miˈoʊsəs/ (say mee ohsuhs) noun 1. the cell division process in the production of gametes, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid. 2. →… …
47meiosis — n. litotes; misrepresentation of thing as being less than its actual size or importance; Biology, nuclear division with halving of chromosome number. ♦ meiotic, adj …
48meiosis — The two stage process in sexual reproduction by which the chromosome number is reduced from the somatic to the haploid number. The first division, in which homologous chromosomes pair and exchange genetic material, is followed by amitotic… …
49Origin and function of meiosis — Eukaryotes are organisms with a true nucleus in which the DNA genome is enclosed in a double membrane (e.g. fungi, protozoans, vertebrates, higher plants), in contrast to prokaryotes (bacteria and blue green algae) that lack a nuclear membrane.… …
50Sinapsis (meiosis) — Para otros usos de este término, véase Sinapsis (desambiguación). La sinapsis es un proceso que ocurre en la primera división meiótica, en el zigoteno de la profase I. La cromatina condensada forma unos cromosomas en el leptoteno de la primera… …
