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Cell division   /sɛl dɪvˈɪʒən/   Listen
Cell division

noun
1.
The process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells.  Synonym: cellular division.



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... feature of horticultural experiment with certain annual plants. Why had it so signally failed with perennial plants and most impressively with trees? Doubtless plants produce in their leaves a hormone which directs certain enzymes that conduct wound repair by cell division. If plants which do not lignify for winter manage to direct successful wound repair after grafting and if plants which do lignify for winter do not conduct successful repair of grafted new growth it occurred to me ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association


Words linked to "Cell division" :   mitosis, segmentation, cleavage, miosis, amitosis, meiosis, organic process, biological process, reduction division


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