MEIOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meiotic mean? 

• MEIOTIC (adjective)
  The adjective MEIOTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to meiosis

  Familiarity information: MEIOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEIOTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to meiosis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

meiosis ((genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants))

Derivation:

meiosis ((genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants))

 Context examples 

MutS Homolog 4, a 105-kD protein encoded by the MSH4 gene, belongs to the DNA mismatch repair muts family and is involved in meiotic recombination.

(MutS Homolog 4, NCI Thesaurus)

As part of the p95/NBS1/p200/p400/MRE11/RAD50 and the BASC complexes, NBS1 participates in DNA repair and meiotic recombination.

(Nibrin, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MutS protein homolog 4 protein, is involved in meiotic recombination.

(MSH4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in DNA repair and meiotic recombination.

(MSH4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in DNA double-strand break repair, cell cycle checkpoint activation, telomere maintenance, and meiotic recombination.

(DNA Repair Protein RAD50, NCI Thesaurus)

In mammalian cells, this complex is important for double-strand break repair, meiotic recombination, and telomere maintenance.

(MRE11/RAD50 Double-Strand Break Repair Complex, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

Meiotic recombination protein SPO11 (396 aa, ~45 kDa) is encoded by the human SPO11 gene.

(Meiotic Recombination Protein SPO11, NCI Thesaurus)

A process of progressive and tight packing of dispersed replicated interphase chromatin into compact structures in metaphase prior to mitotic or meiotic nuclear division or during apoptosis in eukaryotic cells.

(Chromosome Condensation, NCI Thesaurus)

CSF antagonizes the ubiquitin ligase activity of the APC, preventing cyclin B destruction and meiotic exit until fertilization occurs.

(Oocyte Meiosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Two copies of a chromosome pass into the same gamete, leaving the other gamete as nullisomy. 95% of the Down Syndrome birth were result of meiotic disjunction.

(Meiotic Nondisjunction, NCI Thesaurus)