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Term
Meiosis MGI Glossary
Definition
A pair of nuclear divisions forming gametes wherein the number of chromosomes is reduced from the diploid to the haploid number; resulting cells normally contain one member of each pair of homologous chromosomes.
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04/03/2013
MGI 5.12 		The Jackson Laboratory