reduction division

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re=duc=tion di=vi=sion

WORDNET DICTIONARY

reduction division(n = noun.process) meiosis, miosis - (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); Array

has parts: anaphase, cytokinesis, karyokinesis, metaphase, prophase, segregation, telophase

is a kind of cell division, cellular division

has particulars: nondisjunction

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