meiosis
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Typically, our genetic material undergoes reshuffling during meiosis -- a crucial cell division occurring in all sexually reproducing organisms.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
In this study, Underwood and his team established a system, in which they replace the meiosis by mitosis, a simple cell division, in the most popular vegetable crop plant, the cultivated tomato.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
In male germ cell, sperm formation follows the completion of meiosis, with multiple gene regulatory programs.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2024
This variation is attributed to the process of meiosis, which generates reproductive cells like sperm and eggs in animals or pollen and ovules in plants.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024
“Hey, can you tell me which phase of meiosis this cell is currently in?”
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Vocabulary lists containing meiosis
Cell Biology - Middle School
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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Life Science: Cell Biology
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