meiosis

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003991",
  "term": "meiosis",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A type of cell nucleus division, occurring during maturation of the germ cells. Two successive cell nucleus divisions following a single chromosome duplication (S phase) result in daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cells.",
  "synonyms": [
    "reduction division"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "cell division",
    "synaptonemal complex"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2013",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "meiosis"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/meiosis/"
}