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mitosis
noun
The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.
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See meiosis; mitosis.
A brief treatment of mitosis follows.
The new polyploid macronuclei are distributed passively in the first of these divisions; in subsequent fission, the macronuclei duplicate themselves through a form of mitosis.
Each pair of chromatids is divided between the two daughter cells during mitosis, or division of the nucleus, a process in which the chromosomes are propelled by attachment to a bundle of microtubules called the mitotic spindle.
All eukaryotic cells undergo some form of mitosis, a sequence of cell division events that occurs after chromosomal DNA protein replication.
They also divide and are distributed in mitosis.
In mitosis, a cell divides into two daughter cells such that each contains an exact copy of the original cell's chromosomes.
They are derived by mitosis from the same parent cell and remain connected with each other.
This happens when material is exchanged between homologous chromosomes (pair of chromosomes) by crossing over during the process of cell division (mitosis).
The stem cells begin their process by multiplying in the process of cell duplication known as mitosis.
In eukaryotic organisms, development involves cellular events such as mitosis, meiosis, and syngamy (fertilization), which variously proceed by nuclear division (karyokinesis), cytoplasmic division (cytokinesis), cytoplasmic fusion without the union of nuclei (plasmogamy), or nuclear fusion (karyogamy).
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