Meiosis
Description
  A type of CELL NUCLEUS division, occurring during maturation of the GERM CELLS. Two successive cell nucleus divisions following a single chromosome duplication (S PHASE) result in daughter cells with half the number of CHROMOSOMES as the parent cells.
Synonyms
  M Phase, Meiotic
Meiotic M Phase
Meioses
Parents
  Cell Nucleus Division
Children
  Meiotic Prophase I
See Also
  Maturation-Promoting Factor
Experts
  Richard Cyr
Zhenwu Lin
Hong Ma
Guirong Wang
Tree Numbers
  G04.335.134.220.220.687
G05.105.220.687
G07.382.374.220.220.687
MeSH ID
  D008540

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