meiosis

Definition / meaning of meiosis

A special form of cell division in which each daughter cell receives half the amount of DNA as the parent cell. Meiosis occurs during formation of egg and sperm cells in mammals.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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