meiosis
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While JQ1 is not suitable as a treatment due to neurological side effects, it is known to interfere with a stage of meiosis called prophase 1.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
JQ1 works by disrupting meiosis during prophase 1, causing developing cells to die at that stage.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
Unlike somatic cell division, which duplicates and divides the genome identically, meiosis creates genetically diverse reproductive cells through a mechanism known as crossover.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024
This variation is attributed to the process of meiosis, which generates reproductive cells like sperm and eggs in animals or pollen and ovules in plants.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024
We’re studying cell division right now, so for Halloween he dressed up as meiosis.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Vocabulary lists containing meiosis
Cell Biology - Middle School
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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Life Science: Cell Biology
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