meiosis in Japanese
meiosis in Japanese is 減数分裂 — meiosis means a type of cell division that produces four sex cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. It happens in two rounds and shuffles genetic material, so no two gametes are identical.
meiosis in Japanese
減数分裂
Pronounced: gensuubunretsu
(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
What does "meiosis" mean?
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noun A type of cell division that produces four sex cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. It happens in two rounds and shuffles genetic material, so no two gametes are identical.
"Meiosis halves the chromosome number so that fertilisation restores it."
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noun A figure of speech in which something is deliberately described as smaller or less important than it is, for ironic effect.
"Calling the hurricane "a spot of weather" is meiosis."
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noun Abnormal narrowing of the pupil of the eye, more usually spelled miosis.
"Opioid use typically causes meiosis of the pupils."
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meiosis in a sentence
- Meiosis halves the chromosome number so that fertilisation restores it.
- Crossing over occurs during prophase I of meiosis.
- Calling the hurricane "a spot of weather" is meiosis.
- Opioid use typically causes meiosis of the pupils.
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What is "meiosis" in Japanese?
"meiosis" in Japanese is 減数分裂. meiosis means: A type of cell division that produces four sex cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. It happens in two rounds and shuffles genetic material, so no two gametes are identical.
How do you pronounce 減数分裂?
"meiosis" in Japanese is 減数分裂, pronounced "gensuubunretsu".
How do you use "meiosis" in a sentence?
Example: "Meiosis halves the chromosome number so that fertilisation restores it." In Japanese, "meiosis" is 減数分裂.
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