reduction division

• Termo biológico que designa a primeira divisão da meiose, na qual o número de cromossomos é reduzido do estado diploide para o haploide, originando células-filhas com metade do material genético.

A biological term referring to the first division of meiosis, where the chromosome number is reduced from diploid to haploid, resulting in daughter cells with half the genetic material.

1. MeiosisC1formal

   A type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half to produce four haploid daughter cells, essential for sexual reproduction.

   Meiose

   • Reduction division occurs during the formation of gametes.
   • In biology class, we studied how reduction division leads to genetic diversity.
   • Errors in reduction division can cause chromosomal abnormalities.