Meaning Of The Word Meiosis
What's the definition of Meiosis? Find Meiosis meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.
Meiosis Meaning
| Meiosis Definition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Meiosis?
meiosis in American English
the process of two consecutive nuclear divisions in the formation of germ cells in animals and of spores in most plants, by which the number of chromosomes ordinarily is reduced from the diploid, or double, number found in somatic cells to the haploid, or noun: part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid meiosis in British English noun: a type of cell division in which a nucleus divides into four daughter nuclei, each containing half the chromosome number of the parent nucleus: occurs in all sexually reproducing organisms in which haploid gametes or spores are produced |
More Definitions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Definitions Of The Day
- Shaving stick ‐ noun: a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender…
- Whin ‐ furze; whinstone; noun; noun: any thorny or prickly…
- Aegisthus ‐ the son of Thyestes and lover of Clytemnestra:…
- Sorrowful ‐ full of sorrow; feeling, causing, or expressing…
- Wood ear ‐ tree ear; noun; noun: an edible basidiomycetous…
- Bats-wing coral-tree ‐ noun: a small tree, Erythrina verspertilio, of…
- Carolina ‐ city in NE Puerto Rico, near San Juan: pop. 186,000…
- Poultry farm ‐ noun: a farm on which domestic fowls, esp chickens…
- Allenby ‐ ˈEdmund Henry Hynman (ˈhɪnmən ) 1st Viscount…
- Barry ‐ a masculine name; noun: a male given name: from…