- Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 152
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Héctor BOLORINOS RUIZ, Marie-Hélène GARCIA, Teresa AMIDO LOZANO
- Creation / modification date: 27-02-2014
- Term: meiosis
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Meiosis Is the type of division of cell nuclei that occurs specifically to produce the gametes –which are mature sex cells, specifically the ovum in the female and the spermatozoon in the male- that are necessary for sexual reproduction.
- Context: After the germ cell's last mitotic division, a period of DNA synthesis occurs, so that the cell initiating meiosis doubles the amount of DNA in its nucleus. In this state, each chromosome consists of two sister chromatids attached at a common kinetochore.
- Expression: contributes to normal meiosis
- Notes: The complete production of gametes, including both the cell division stage and the subsequent maturing of the gametes is called gametogenesis.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Remission: sin, Homéoboîte Fuente: http://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=115214
- Sources:
- Term: http://www.edu.upmc.fr/sdv/masselot_05001/annexe/annexe.html [Fecha de consulta: 19 de enero de 2014]
- Definition: http://www.edu.upmc.fr/sdv/masselot_05001/annexe/annexe.html [Fecha de consulta: 19 de enero de 2014]
- Context: HARRY, Myriam (2001), Génétique moléculaire et évolutive [Texte imprimé]. Paris : Maloine. 95
- Images:
http://www.ngfn.de/de/die_vererbung.html (abgerufen im November 2013).
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