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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
- Constriction of the eye's pupil
- Excessive pupil constriction
- Reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
- Reproductive cell division
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
- Constriction of the pupil
Word definitions for miosis in dictionaries
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 ...
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 .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Miosis or myosis , /maɪˈoʊ sɪs/, from Ancient Greek μύειν, mūein , "to close the eyes", is a term with various definitions, which generally include constriction of the pupil . The opposite condition, mydriasis , is the dilation of the pupil . Anisocoria ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Contraction of the pupil of the eye.