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meiosis

[mahy-oh-sis] / maɪˈoʊ sɪs /
NOUN
cell division
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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

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

We’re studying cell division right now, so for Halloween he dressed up as meiosis.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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