Category:GO:0051321 ! meiotic cell cycle

name: meiotic cell cycle
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0007126
def: "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." [GOC:ai]
comment: 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.
subset: goslim_drosophila
subset: goslim_yeast
synonym: "meiosis" RELATED []
xref: Wikipedia:Meiosis
is_a: GO:0007049 ! cell cycle
is_a: GO:0022414 ! reproductive process
relationship: has_part: GO:0140013 ! meiotic nuclear division
relationship: part_of: GO:0019953 ! sexual reproduction
intersection_of: GO:0007049 ! cell cycle
intersection_of: has_part GO:0140013 ! meiotic nuclear division

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0051321</GOterm>
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