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

"It shows that we recover complete meiosis, complete sperm function, and more importantly, that the offspring are completely normal," Cohen said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Furthermore, unlike other typical Heat Shock Factors, which primarily regulate gene expression in response to stress, such as heat shock, HSF5 plays a specific role in male germ production during meiosis under non-stress conditions.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

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

I don’t want to forget what I’ve learned, so I make mental diagrams of the respiratory system, the process of condensation, meiosis and mitosis.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau