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Definitions for "Reduction division"
Keywords:  meiosis, diploid, nuclei, bivalent, division
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The first meiotic division in which the chromosome number is reduced by half.
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(see meiosis)
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(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)
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