Genetic Function
chromosome segregation
[ kroh-muh-sohm seg-ri-gey-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
nuclear division
Definitions related to chromosome segregation:
  • The orderly segregation of CHROMOSOMES during MEIOSIS or MITOSIS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • 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 condensation of chromosomes, includes chromosome separation, and ends when chromosomes have completed movement to the spindle poles.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • The separation of chromosomes into daughter cells during cell division. (GO)
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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