Meiosis (/ m aɪ ˈ oʊ s ɪ s / ⓘ; from Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis) 'lessening' (since it is a reductional division)) [1] [2] is a special type of cell division of germ cells in sexually-reproducing organisms that produces the gametes, the sperm or egg cells.

Meiosis is a key event of the sexual cycle in eukaryotes. It is the stage of the life cycle when a cell gives rise to haploid cells (gametes) each having half as many chromosomes as the parental cell.

Meiosis is a special type of cell division. Unlike mitosis, the way normal body cells divide, meiosis results in cells that only have half the usual number of chromosomes, one from each pair. For that reason, meiosis is often called reduction division. In the long run, meiosis increases genetic variation, in a way which will be explained later. [1]

2024年12月19日 · meiosis, division of a germ cell involving two fissions of the nucleus and giving rise to four gametes, or sex cells, each possessing half the number of chromosomes of the original cell. A brief treatment of meiosis follows. For …

2020年6月11日 · Meiosis is the process in eukaryotic, sexually-reproducing animals that reduces the number of chromosomes in a cell before reproduction. Many organisms package these cells into gametes, such as egg and sperm. The gametes can then meet, during reproduction, and fuse to create a new zygote.

Most human cells are produced by mitotic cell division. Important exceptions include the gametes – sperm and egg cells – which are produced by meiosis. Prokaryotes, bacteria and archaea which lack a true nucleus, divide by a different process called binary fission. [12]

2023年5月16日 · Meiosis is a cell division process where a single (parent) cell divides twice to produce four independent (daughter) cells, each having half the chromosomes as the original cell. The term ‘meiosis’ came from the Greek word ‘meiosis’, meaning ‘lessening’.

2023年10月21日 · In biology, meiosis is the process where a cell replicates DNA once but divides twice, producing four cells that have half the genetic information of the original cell. It is how organisms produce gametes or sex cells, which are eggs in females and sperm in males.

2024年4月8日 · Meiosis describes the process of cell division by which gametes are made. In this process, we begin with a cell with double the normal amount of DNA, and end up with 4 non-identical haploid daughter gametes after two divisions.

Meiosis (del griegu μείωσις meíōsis 'amenorgamientu') ye una de les formes de la reproducción celular, esti procesu realizar nes gónaes pa la producción de gametos. La meiosis ye un procesu de división celular nel cual una célula diploide (2n) esperimenta dos divisiones socesives, cola capacidá de xenerar cuatro célules haploides (n). Nos organismos con reproducción sexual ...