meiosis

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(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms

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understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

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Chromosome segregation in control groups seemed to be unaffected by completeness of synapsis: most of the eggs completed two meioses in a manner similar to that seen among diploid eggs - the extra set of chromosomes segregating randomly (Longo et al., 1993; Guo and Allen, 1994a).
Chromosome segregation in fertilized eggs from triploid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), following inhibition of polar body 1
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