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meiotic cell cycle

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0051321

Note that this term should not be confused with 'GO:0140013 ; meiotic nuclear division'. 'GO:0051321 ; meiotic cell cycle represents the entire mitotic cell cycle, while 'GO:0140013 meiotic nuclear division' specifically represents the actual nuclear division step of the mitotic cell cycle.

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Term info

Label

meiotic cell cycle

database cross reference

Subsets

goslim_drosophila, goslim_yeast

definition

Progression through the phases of the meiotic cell cycle, in which canonically a cell replicates to produce four offspring with half the chromosomal content of the progenitor cell via two nuclear divisions.

has alternative id

GO:0007126

has obo namespace

biological_process

has related synonym

meiosis

GO:0051321

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl