meiosis
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Cohen and her team focused on meiosis rather than other stages of sperm development to ensure that sperm production could be fully stopped while still allowing it to recover later.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
This allowed researchers to demonstrate, for the first time, that targeting meiosis can safely and reversibly shut down sperm production.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
In a proof-of-principle study conducted in mice over six years, the team showed that interrupting a key step in meiosis, the process that produces sex cells, can temporarily halt sperm production without causing lasting harm.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
In this study, Underwood and his team established a system, in which they replace the meiosis by mitosis, a simple cell division, in the most popular vegetable crop plant, the cultivated tomato.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
Here’s where my story splits, divides, undergoes meiosis.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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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