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Mitosis

noun
(pl. mitoses)
1.
Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes.





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"Mitosis" Quotes from Famous Books



... constriction. The indirect (or "mitotic") cleavage is much more frequent; in this the caryoplasm of the nucleus and the cytoplasm of the cell-body act upon each other in a peculiar way, with a partial dissolution (caryolysis), the formation of knots and loops (mitosis), and a movement of the halved plasma-particles towards two mutually repulsive poles of ...
— The Evolution of Man, V.1. • Ernst Haeckel


Words linked to "Mitosis" :   telophase, metaphase, cellular division, prophase, karyokinesis, cell division, cytokinesis


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