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meiosis

[mahy-oh-sis] / maɪˈoʊ sɪs /
NOUN
cell division
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Cohen and her team focused on meiosis rather than other stages of sperm development to ensure that sperm production could be fully stopped while still allowing it to recover later.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

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

Furthermore, unlike other typical Heat Shock Factors, which primarily regulate gene expression in response to stress, such as heat shock, HSF5 plays a specific role in male germ production during meiosis under non-stress conditions.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

In male germ cell, sperm formation follows the completion of meiosis, with multiple gene regulatory programs.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

We’re studying cell division right now, so for Halloween he dressed up as meiosis.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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