Assertion: meiosis | /r/CapableOf | produce cell
Facets:
value: with half as many chromosomes
type: OTHER
value: as the original cell
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Mitosis yields identical cells, but meiosis produces cells with half the genetic information of a regular cell, allowing two cells from different organisms of the same species to combine.
text: Because meiosis creates cells that are destined to become gametes (or reproductive cells), this reduction in chromosome number is critical — without it,
text: It results in cells that have half as many chromosomes as the parent cell.
text: Meiosis will create four cells when there was originally only one cell.
text: Meiosis occurs when a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information.
text: Meiosis produces cells with half as many chromosomes as contained in body cells, called a haploid state, so that offspring have the correct number of chromosomes.
text: Meiosis produces cells with half the number of chromosomes as the original cell.
text: Meiosis produces cells called gametes in animals and some plants or spores in fungi and some plants.
text: Meiosis produces the cells required to create a new organism that differs genetically from both parent organisms.