reduction division

Noun reduction division has 1 sense

• reduction division(n = noun.process) meiosis, miosis - (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);
has parts: anaphase, cytokinesis, karyokinesis, metaphase, prophase, segregation, telophase
is a kind of cell division, cellular division
has particulars: nondisjunction