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 ]
Term information
goslim_drosophila, goslim_yeast
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.
Term relations
- reproductive process
- cell cycle
- only in taxon some Eukaryota
- in taxon only Eukaryota
- has part some meiotic nuclear division