maturation division

noun

, Cell Biology.

1. a stage in meiosis during which the chromosomal number of the reproductive cell is reduced to one chromosome from each original chromosome pair.

Example Sentences

This is called maturation, or the maturation division, and the new cells have only half the original number of chromosomes.

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The second maturation division is seen in metaphase in figure 220 and in anaphase in figure 221.

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Metaphase of first maturation division, showing the element x in various positions.

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