Definition of Meiosis

a cellular process in which a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information

Examples of Meiosis in a sentence

During meiosis, the parent cell duplicated and recombined to produce new cell.  🔊

Splitting cells during meiosis occurs in sexually reproducing organisms.  🔊

Cellular meiosis has two rounds of genetic separation and division of cells.  🔊

Splitting of cells during meiosis resulted in four daughter cells.  🔊

The cellular division processes of meiosis and mitosis have the same phases, but meiosis happens twice.  🔊

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