heterotypic

American  

[het-er-uh-tip-ik] / ˌhɛt ər əˈtɪp ɪk /

Also heterotypical

adjective

Cell Biology.

1. of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.

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heterotypic British  

/ ˌhɛtərəʊˈtɪpɪk /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to the first nuclear division of meiosis, in which the chromosome number is halved Compare homeotypic

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Etymology

Origin of heterotypic

First recorded in 1885–90; hetero- + type ( def. ) + -ic ( def. )

Example Sentences

Riback and colleagues went on to show how heterotypic interactions are exploited by nucleoli to facilitate the processing of ribosomal RNA, which makes up part of the ribosome.

From Nature

The heterotypic maturation mitosis in Amphibia and its general significance.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus each daughter-cell after the first or heterotypic division in normal cases contains 7 chromosomes.

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Now when lata is produced it is believed that in the heterotypic division one pair passes into one daughter-cell instead of one chromosome of the pair into each daughter-cell, the other pairs segregating in the usual way.

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Then when the heterotypic division takes place and the number of chromosomes is halved, we shall have two spermatocytes with N-1 chromosomes from one of the first spermatocytes and one with N and one with N-1 from the other.

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