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Look up: Meiosis


  1. meiosis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mī-ō′sis Definitions: 1. A special process of cell division comprising two nuclear divisions in rapid succession that result in four gametocytes, each containing half the number of chromosomes found in somatic cells. Synonyms: meiotic division
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=53662

  2. meiosis
    A two-stage type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms. In meiosis, a diploid cell divides to produce four haploid cells, each with half the original chromosome content. For this reason, meiosis is often called a 'reduction division'. In organisms with a diploid life cycles, the product...
    Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary_6.html

  3. Meiosis
    The reduction division process by which haploid gametes and spores are formed, consisting of a single duplication of the genetic material followed by two mitotic divisions.
    Found op http://filebox.vt.edu/cals/cses/chagedor/glossary.html

  4. meiosis
    The process in which a eukaryotic nucleus divides into nuclei whose ploidy is lower than that of the parent nucleus (typically, haploid nuclei being formed from diploid nuclei) and in which recombination usually occurs.
    Found op http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_M.htm

  5. Meiosis
    The process of division of sexual cells in which the number of chromosomes in each nucleus is reduced to half the normal number found in normal somatic cells. When two sexual cells fuse, each contributes its half of the chromosomes. The resulting embryo contains the full chromosome complement. Ce...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  6. meiosis
    (Variation and inheritance) type of cell division which forms sex cells (gametes) each with half the usual number of chromosomes
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  7. Meiosis
    Understatement.
    Found op http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm

  8. meiosis
    [n] - (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=meiosis

  9. Meiosis
    the type of cell division that occurs only in the ovaries and testicles, producing cells with half the genes of the original cell; these cells then form eggs and sperm
    Found op http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?ltr=M

  10. Meiosis
    Meiosis: The process of germ cell formation. During meiosis, each chromosome pairs with the other chromosome in the pair and they exchange segments of genetic material. In both women and men, the autosomes (non-sex chromosomes) pair. In women, the X chromosomes pair; and in men, the X and Y chromoso...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=4335

  11. meiosis
    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-, ana- and telophase). Meiosis reduces the starting number...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  12. Meiosis
    Mei·o'sis (mi*ō'sĭs) noun [ New Latin , from Greek mei`wsis , from meioy^n to make smaller, from mei`wn . See Meionite .] (Rhet.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thi...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/42



  1. meiosis
    A specialised form of nuclear division in which there 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, ana and telophase). Meiosis reduces the starting number of 4n c...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?meiosis

  2. meiosis
    miosis noun (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes ...
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=meiosis

  3. meiosis
    (mi-o´sis) the process of cell division by which reproductive cells (gametes) are formed. There are two successive divisions, meiosis I and meiosis II, in which four daughter cells are formed, each with the haploid number of chromosomes (23 in humans). As in mitosis, meiosis I and II are each divid...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  4. Meiosis
    • (n.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/meiosis/

  5. meiosis
    (from the article `litotes`) ...and `no mean feat.` Litotes is a stylistic feature of Old English poetry and of the Icelandic sagas, and it is responsible for much of their ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/66

  6. meiosis
    division of a germ cell involving two fissions of the nucleus and giving rise to four gametes, or sex cells, each possessing half the number of ... [17 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/66

  7. meiosis
    meiosis (s), meioses (pl) 1. That process in the division of germ cells by which the number of chromosomes is reduced from the double or diploid number typical of somatic cells to the halved or haploid number characteristic of gametes. 2. The nuclear changes which take place in the last two cell di...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1315/

  8. Meiosis
    [figure of speech] In rhetoric, meiosis is a euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than it really is. Meiosis is the opposite of auxesis, and also sometimes used as a synonym for litotes. The term is derived...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiosis_(figure_of_speech)

  9. Meiosis
    Meiosis (s) is a special type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotes. The cells produced by meiosis are gametes or spores. In many organisms, including all animals and land plants (but not some other groups such as fungi), gametes are called sperm and egg cells. Whilst the...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiosis

  10. meiosis
    The process of two consecutive cell divisions in the diploid progenitors of sex cells. Meiosis results in four rather than two daughter cells, each with a haploid set of chromosomes.
    Found op http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/wli/glossary/genetics.html

  11. Meiosis
    The process of two consecutive cell divisions in the diploid progenitors of sex cells. Meiosis results in four rather than two daughter cells, each with a haploid set of chromosomes.
    Found op http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/glossary/glossary.shtml

  12. meiosis
    A specialized type of cell division that occurs during the formation of gametes. Although meiosis may seem much more complicated than mitosis, it is really just two cell divisions in sequence. Each of these sequences maintains strong similarities to mitosis. Meiosis I refers to the first of the tw.....
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/meiosis.html

  13. Meiosis
    The type of cell division that forms eggs or sperm in sexually reproducing organisms. This process takes place during the embryonic phase of development.
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/M/3

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