reduction division
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reduction division
n
(Biology) another name for meiosis
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reduc′tion divi`sion
n.
meiosis, esp. the first division in which the chromosome number is reduced.
[1890–95]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms anaphase - the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle cell division, cellular division - the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells cytokinesis - organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells karyokinesis - organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis metaphase - the second stage of meiosis nondisjunction - meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells prophase - the first stage of meiosis segregation - (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes telophase - the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle |
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