"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meiosis" by people in Profiles.
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A palindrome-mediated recurrent translocation with 3:1 meiotic nondisjunction: the t(8;22)(q24.13;q11.21). Am J Hum Genet. 2010 Aug 13; 87(2):209-18.
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Mice deficient in the serine/threonine protein kinase VRK1 are infertile due to a progressive loss of spermatogonia. Biol Reprod. 2010 Jan; 82(1):182-93.
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Cell cycle regulation in mammalian germ cells. Results Probl Cell Differ. 2006; 42:343-67.
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Molecular analysis of a complex chromosomal rearrangement and a review of familial cases. Am J Med Genet. 1994 Nov 15; 53(3):255-63.
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Evidence for metabolism of 1-methyladenine during induction of starfish oocyte maturation in vitro. Dev Biol. 1974 Jul; 39(1):177-82.