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meiosis miosis reduction division meiotic nuclear division meiotic cell cycle

(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 in animals and spores in plants) WordNet 3.0

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Meiosis is a special type of cell division of germ cells in sexually-reproducing organisms that produces the gametes, such as sperm or egg cells. Wikipedia

One of the two nuclear divisions that occur as part of the meiotic cell cycle. Wikidata

Progression through the phases of the meiotic cell cycle, in which canonically a cell replicates via two nuclear divisions Wikidata

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 division. The nucleus divides twice, but the chromosomes only once, generating haploid nuclei, which develop into the gametes (egg and sperm in animals; egg and s in plants). OmegaWiki

Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes. Wiktionary

Cell division. Wiktionary (translation)

The first of the two divisions of meiosis, a type of cell division. Wiktionary

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