daughter cell

/ 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.

Example Sentences

The chromosomes are distributed entire, half to one daughter cell, half to the other (reducing division of Weismann, 1887).

From Project Gutenberg

Ste Austreberte, the daughter cell of St Saëns, was hardly more than a grange with a chapel attached.

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A portion of the nucleus of the parent cell makes its way through the extremely narrow neck into the daughter cell.

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