Example Sentences

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This structure tightens like a drawstring, squeezing the cell into two daughter cells.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

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.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

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

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

Throughout the biological world, genes generally travel vertically—i.e., from parents to children, or from parent cells to daughter cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee