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English noun: reduction division

1. reduction division (process) (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)


Synonymsmeiosis, miosis


Broader (hypernym)cell division, cellular division


Narrower (hyponym)nondisjunction


Part holonymanaphase, cytokinesis, karyokinesis, metaphase, prophase, segregation, telophase


Domain categorygenetic science, genetics









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