Meiosis
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Meiosis is a special type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotes. The cells produced by meiosis are gametes or spores. In many organisms, including all animals and land plants (but not some other groups such as fungi), gametes are called sperm and egg cells.
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See also
- Coefficient of coincidence
- DNA repair
- Evolution of sexual reproduction
- Fertilization
- Genetic recombination
- Mitosis
- Multigene family
- Oxidative stress
- Synizesis (biology)
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