👉 In biology, a "philomelion" is a type of plant cell that undergoes meiosis in vegetative growth. The process of meiosis involves two cell divisions (mitosis), each dividing into two separate cells with identical chromosome pairs. In a philomelion, the chromosomes are spread out evenly, forming filaments called chromatids, which then attach to the opposite poles of the cell membrane. This allows for the formation of new cells from old ones by mitosis. The
