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Biol.1. the first division of meiosis in which the number of chromosomes is reduced to half the original number.2. meiosis.[1890-95]
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reduction division — reduction division. См. деление созревания. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
reduction division — reduction division. = meiosis (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
reduction division — n. MEIOSIS (sense 1) … English World dictionary
reduction division — noun (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) • Syn: ↑meiosis … Useful english dictionary
Reduction division — The first cell division in meiosis, the process by which germ cells are formed. A unique event in which the chromosome number is reduced from diploid (46 chromosomes) to haploid (23 chromosomes). Also called first meiotic division or first… … Medical dictionary
reduction division — noun Date: 1891 the usually first division of meiosis in which chromosome reduction occurs; also meiosis 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
reduction division — noun a) the first of the two divisions of meiosis, a type of cell division. b) meiosis as a whole, a type of cell division … Wiktionary
reduction division — reduc′tion divi sion n. cbl meiosis, esp. the first division in which the chromosome number is reduced • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
reduction division — The first division of meiosis in which the chromosome number is reduced from the somatic to the gametic number … Glossary of Biotechnology
reduction division — meiosis … The new mediacal dictionary
