Definitions
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- See
miotic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Cell Biology) Of or pertaining to
meiosis .
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
meiosis
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- adjective of or relating to meiosis
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Examples
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For example, although Mendel's law of segregation (M) (which states that in sexually reproducing organisms each of the two alternative forms (alleles) of a gene specifying a trait at a locus in a given organism has 0.5 probability of ending up in a gamete) is widely used in models in evolutionary biology, it has a number of exceptions, such as meiotic drive.
Scientific Explanation Woodward, James 2009
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Since Lande’s model does not incorporate mechanisms that influence fixation such as meiotic drive and kin-founding, there is reason to believe that the overall fixation probability for human chromosome 2 may be higher than the base calculation for the deme.
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Since Lande’s model does not incorporate mechanisms that influence fixation such as meiotic drive and kin-founding, there is reason to believe that the overall fixation probability for human chromosome 2 may be higher than the base calculation for the deme.
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Since Lande’s model does not incorporate mechanisms that influence fixation such as meiotic drive and kin-founding, there is reason to believe that the overall fixation probability for human chromosome 2 may be higher than the base calculation for the deme.
The Rise of Human Chromosome 2: Beyond the Deme - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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In addition, we can detect mosaicism as low as 5 to 20% (varying with the meiotic or mitotic origin of the mosaicism).
Cytogenomics Lab 2010
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That is what drove me to the semi-meiotic hypothesis (SMH) as the only conceivable way that a new species could appear in a single cytogenetic step.
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A meiotic microtubule doesn't grab a chromosome at random?
Crossroads 2009
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Title: Prevention of maternal aging-associated oocyte aneuploidy and meiotic spindle defects in mice by dietary and genetic strategies
For a Mother's Touch, Skip the Text Messages Ann Lukits 2011
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At this stage the egg undergoes meiotic division, division without chromosome replication.
Assessing Causality 2008
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Lande did not include mechanisms like meiotic drive (see “Fixation Within a Deme” for explanation) in his model, letting genetic drift (i.e., chance) be the primary force for fixation within a deme.
fbharjo commented on the word meiotic
meiotic an understated word
January 17, 2007