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Haploidisation logo #21000 Haploidisation is the process of halving the chromosomal content of a cell, creating a haploid cell. Within the normal reproductive cycle, haploidisation is one of the major functional consequences of meiosis, the other being a process of chromosomal crossover that mingles the genetic content of the parental chromosomes. Haploidisation commitment ...
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haploidisation

haploidisation logo #20973<cell biology, genetics> Haploidisation is the process of creating a haploid cell from a diploid cell by progressively losing chromosomes through nondisjunction (they fail to separate equally into the daughter cells during mitosis). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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