meiotic division

collocation in English

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meiotic
adjective
uk
/maɪˈɒt.ɪk/
us
/maɪˈɑː.t̬ɪk/
relating to the act or process of meiosis (= a type of ...
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division
noun
uk
/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
us
/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of separating something into parts or groups, or the way that it ...
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(Definition ofmeioticanddivisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Maturation is complete when the secondmeioticdivisionis arrested at metaphase where the egg will await fertilisation.
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In conclusion, somatic cell nuclei are unable to go throughmeioticdivisionwhen introduced into oocyte meiotic cytoplasm, partly due to the abnormal kinetochore distribution.
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These cells were able to complete their secondmeioticdivisionwithin the oocyte cytoplasm.
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During this period the chromatin of the oocyte completes the secondmeioticdivisionand forms the female pronucleus.
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Most of the injected oocytes were at telophase of the secondmeioticdivision.
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In all eutherian and marsupial species so far examined, the oocyte is ovulated after completing the firstmeioticdivisionat the first polar body stage.
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Progesterone inducesmeioticdivisionin the amphibian oocytes by releasing lipid second messengers from the plasma membrane.
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All oocytes in this group were arrested at the metaphase of the secondmeioticdivisionafter completing meiotic maturation.
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As a consequence the oocyte's ability to completemeioticdivisioncould be impaired, as was the case in the experiment described here.
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Antioxidant therapy counteracts the disturbing effects of diamide and maternal ageing onmeioticdivisionand chromosomal segregation in mouse oocytes.
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Activation of the heterokaryon triggers the firstmeioticdivision.
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This is partially due to reported differences among mammalian species in some mechanisms regulating oocytemeioticdivision.
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The secondmeioticdivisionis completed after fertilisation; cohesion between the constituent chromatids of each chromosome ceases and each migrates to an opposite spindle pole.
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The model mimicked a germ line undergoing mitosis and recombination occurring during the firstmeioticdivision.
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The pattern of attachment in the firstmeioticdivisionis different from attachment in somatic mitosis.
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Around 11-12 weeks of gestation, the germ cells situated innermost in the cortex, enter prophase of the firstmeioticdivision.
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The formation of normal meiotic apparatus is critical to the progression ofmeioticdivision.
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However, its role inmeioticdivisionis still poorly documented, especially in the activation of mammalian oocytes.
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Human oocytes are released from the ovary at metaphase of the secondmeioticdivision, making direct karyotype analysis at that stage possible but technically difficult.
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