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maturation division
noun
, Cell Biology.
- a stage in meiosis during which the chromosomal number of the reproductive cell is reduced to one chromosome from each original chromosome pair.
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This is called maturation, or the maturation division, and the new cells have only half the original number of chromosomes.
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The second maturation division is seen in metaphase in figure 220 and in anaphase in figure 221.
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Metaphase of first maturation division, showing the element x in various positions.
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