reduction division,
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)
diakinesis the final stage of the prophase of meiosis
diplotene the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis
leptotene the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
pachytene the third stage of the prophase of meiosis
synezesis,
synizesis the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
