The form of cell division that creates gametes, or sex cells (eggs or sperm) is called meiosis. It is a special form of reproduction that results in four next generation cells, rather than just two, from each cell.
Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.
Noun
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset'' when you mean `I was very upset'' is an example of litotes"
Noun
(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)
n.
Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing
as being less than it really is.
Meiosis
Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.
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