#meiosis__miosis__reduction_division__reductiondivision (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)
supertype: cell_division__cellular_division the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
subtype: nondisjunction meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells
part: anaphase the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
part: karyokinesis organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis
part: metaphase.phase_of_cell_division the second stage of meiosis
part: prophase.phase_of_cell_division the first stage of meiosis
part: diakinesis the final stage of the prophase of meiosis
part: diplotene the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis
part: crossing_over__crossover the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
part: leptotene the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
part: synapsis the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
part: pachytene the third stage of the prophase of meiosis
part: synizesis__synizesi__synezesis__synezesi the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
part: zygotene the second stage of the prophase of meiosis
part: segregation.organic_process (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
part: telophase.phase_of_cell_division the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
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