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Category:GO:0007059 ! chromosome segregation
name: chromosome segregation
namespace: biological_process
def: "The process in which genetic material, in the form of chromosomes, is organized into specific structures and then physically separated and apportioned to two or more sets. In eukaryotes, chromosome segregation begins with the alignment of chromosomes at the metaphase plate, includes chromosome separation, and ends when chromosomes have completed movement to the spindle poles." [GOC:ai, GOC:mah]
subset: goslim_generic
subset: goslim_pir
subset: goslim_pombe
subset: goslim_yeast
subset: gosubset_prok
synonym: "chromosome division" EXACT []
synonym: "chromosome transmission" RELATED []
xref: Wikipedia:Chromosome_segregation
is_a: GO:0009987 ! cellular process
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