karyokinesis
Americannoun
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the series of active changes that take place in the nucleus of a living cell in the process of division.
noun
Other Word Forms
- karyokinetic adjective
Etymology
Origin of karyokinesis
Example Sentences
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The first portion of the mitotic phase is called karyokinesis, or nuclear division.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Prokaryotic cells, on the other hand, do not undergo karyokinesis and therefore have no need for a mitotic spindle.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The fertilised nucleus, thus consisting of chromosomes from male and female, then divides by a complicated process known as karyokinesis, in which each chromosome splits longitudinally, one half passing to each daughter-nucleus.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
Guided by this theory of a diffusion field of force, I have been able to reproduce experimentally the figures of karyokinesis by simple diffusion.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
In the preparation one may see the distance between the two poles slowly increase, the poles gradually separating from one another just as do the centrosomes of an ovum during karyokinesis.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
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