Biology GCSE
meiosis
What meiosis means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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A specialised reduction division occurring exclusively in reproductive organs to generate haploid gametes.
The formation of gametes involves this type of cell division.
Topics that use meiosis
- Sexual and asexual reproduction (AQA GCSE)
- Inheritance (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- gamete formation
- Genetic variation
- Sexual reproduction
- Asexual reproduction
- carrier identification
- chromosomes
- Clones
- continuous variation
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