daughter cell

Scientific  

/ dô′tər /

1. Either of the two cells formed when a cell undergoes cell division by mitosis. Daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent cell because they contain the same number and type of chromosomes.

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A single cell duplicates three billion DNA letters and manages to distribute perfect copies to both daughter cells.

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During this phase, chromosomes compact dramatically to ensure they can be duplicated and evenly distributed between daughter cells.

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists found that how tight a parental T cell grabs a cancer protein determines if its daughter cells will be anti-cancer effectors or exhausted.

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During mitosis, the parent cell will duplicate its chromosomes in order to pass down the genetic material to the daughter cells.

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"If a cell takes longer than normal to complete mitosis, then daughter cells will know that their mother struggled to execute mitosis and they'll stop dividing as a safety measure."

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