Assertion: meiosis's number | /r/HasProperty | reduced by half
Facets:
value: (diploid number)
type: OTHER
value: during the formation of gametes
type: TEMPORAL
value: to produce haploid gametes
type: PURPOSE
value: from 46
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: During the formation of gametes , the number of chromosomes is reduced by half, and returned to the full amount when the two gametes fuse during fertilization .
text: In mitosis, a number of chromosomes are constant in the daughter cells while in meiosis the number of chromosomes is reduced to half.
text: In eukaryotes, there are two distinct types of cell division: a vegetative division, whereby each daughter cell is genetically identical to the parent cell (mitosis), and a reproductive cell division, whereby the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells is reduced by half to produce haploid gametes (meiosis).
text: During the formation of gametes , the number of chromosomes is reduced by half, and returned to the full amount when the two gametes fuse during fertilization .
text: The second meiotic division (meiosis II) resembles an ordinary mitotic division, except the number of chromosomes has been reduced by half.
text: The number of chromosomes at each pole of the cell has been reduced by half from 46 (diploid number) to 23 (haploid number).
text: Meiosis is known as the reduction cell division as the number of chromosomes is reduced to half when the original cell is divided into the four gametes or the sex cells.