Assertion: cell division | /r/CapableOf | transform one diploid cell
Facets:
value: into four haploid cells
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The significance of meiosis for reproduction and inheritance, however, was described only in 1890 by German biologist August Weismann, who noted that two cell divisions were necessary to transform one diploid cell into four haploid cells if the number of chromosomes had to be maintained.