"Meiosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D008540
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.144.220.220.687 G05.113.220.687
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| Concept/Terms |
M Phase, Meiotic- M Phase, Meiotic
- Meiotic M Phase
- M Phases, Meiotic
- Meiotic M Phases
- Phase, Meiotic M
- Phases, Meiotic M
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The Sin3p PAH domains provide separate functions repressing meiotic gene transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Eukaryot Cell. 2010 Dec; 9(12):1835-44.