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The nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
Answer for the clue "The nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) ", 6 letters:
miosis
Alternative clues for the word miosis
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
- Constriction of pupils
- Constriction of the eye's pupil
- Reproductive cell division
- Reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
- Excessive pupil constriction
- Excessive contraction of the pupil
Word definitions for miosis in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Contraction of the pupil of the eye.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1819, from Greek myein "to shut (the eyes)" + -osis . Greek myein is perhaps originally "to close the lips," from PIE *meue- "to be silent" (see mute (adj.)). Related: Miotic .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) [syn: meiosis , reduction ...